Abstract
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:
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Long
- M:
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Medium
- nm:
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Nanometers
- S:
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Short
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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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