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Despite its historical associations with excess and contamination, colour is increasingly being used as a popular transformative tool to revitalise bodies and spaces. In this thesis, I examine the variety of ways that colour is mobilised in the pursuit of repair. Traditional app…

Peru has been the centre of origin and diversity of more than 3,000 varieties of native potato, although only a few varieties were typically consumed beyond the Andean region. Of little value outside the Andes, these tubers were long considered the food of the poor and the indig…

Many non-human animal species use colour to signal dominance, condition or reproductive status. These signals have not previously been noted in humans. This thesis investigates the effects of skin colouration and pigmentation on the apparent health of human faces. Section 2 show…

Difficulties in controlling and forecasting avocado fruit ripening and the highly perishable nature of the crop once harvested, are the major causes of concern for avocado traders. In particular, the simultaneous presence of many suppliers may account for increased fruit variabi…

In the nineteenth century, the English term tone colour, derived from the German word klangfarbe , entered musical vocabulary. Similarly, the French term timbre , referring to the same concept, 'quality of tone', circulated musical discussions. Throughout the twentieth century, …

The topic of this thesis is the monitoring of the colour of extruded polymer by measuring the reflectance spectrum of the polymer melt, which is flowing through the extruder during processing. The “in-line monitoring” work had three main objectives: (i) to utilize a new charge c…