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Examination of Color Vision

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Color vision is a feature of visual perception that makes differentiation based on wave length possible. Trichromatic color vision characteristic to the human eyes appeared in primates, and it meant a great evolutionary advantage by making the distinction between ripe fruit and green leaves possible. The verbal description of color sensation is far from representing the range of colors that our eyes are able to distinguish. Color sensation can be described with three physical properties:

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  1. Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology, Military Hospital, Budapest, Hungary

    Klára Aczél MD

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  1. Department of Neurology and Stroke, Unit of Neuro-ophthalmology, Budapest, Hungary

    Judit Somlai

  2. Semmelweis University, Department of Neurology, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

    Tibor Kovács

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Aczél, K. (2016). Examination of Color Vision. In: Somlai, J., Kovács, T. (eds) Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28956-4_14

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