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Color science
Also called chromatics, it includes the perception of color by the human eye and brain, the origin of color in materials, color theory in art, and the physics of electromagnetic radiation in the visible range or light.
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Pβ cell
Physics; Color science
Ganglion cells, found in the primate retina, that are thought to be the origin of the parvocellular pathway. Also referred to as P cells, midget cells, or B cells. They are analogous to the ...
monochromacy
Physics; Color science
The condition of possessing only a single channel for conveying information about color. Monochromats are strictly color blind and perceive only variations in brightness.
scotopic vision
Physics; Color science
Vision under relatively low light levels when the visual response is primarily controlled by the rods.
reflectance of a surface
Physics; Color science
The proportion of incident light the surface reflects. (See spectral reflectance).
double opponent cell
Physics; Color science
A neuron that exhibits opposite spectral opponency in the center and surround of its receptive field. For example, a double opponent cell might be stimulated by the L-cones and inhibited by the ...
subtractive mixture
Physics; Color science
A color mixture in which the light from each component is modified by the others. Since pigments modify light by absorbing a portion of the incident light and thus each pigment will modify the light ...
polymorphism
Physics; Color science
A trait of an organism that is found in more than one state in a population. Also used for the existence of different forms of a gene in a population. For example, one well known polymorphism of ...
