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Color Perception

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In this chapter we present an overview of how we perceive color. We start with an outline of the physiology of the human visual system and discuss both the trichromatic and color-opponent theories of color vision. We conclude with a description of the phenomenon of color constancy and the factors that contribute to it.

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Abbreviations

L:

Long

M:

Medium

nm:

Nanometers

S:

Short

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  1. Bradford School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK

    Marina Bloj & Monika Hedrich

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Bloj, M., Hedrich, M. (2012). Color Perception. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_15

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