Color science

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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L-cone

Physics; Color science

One of three cone types that contribute to human color vision. The L-cones have their peak spectral sensitivity at a longer wavelength than the other two cone types, the M-cones and S-cones.

bipolar cell

Physics; Color science

Retinal interneurons (or neurons who communicate only with other neurons in the same part of the central nervous system) that connect the photoreceptors with the ganglion cells.

basic color term

Physics; Color science

A color word (a) that is monolexemic (unlike "reddish-yellow"); (b) whose extension is not included in that of any other color term (unlike "scarlet", whose extension is included in "red"); (c) whose ...

spectral color

Physics; Color science

The color of a monochromatic or nearly monochromatic light, i.e. a color to be found in the spectrum. Other colors are extraspectral.

saturation

Physics; Color science

Attribute of a visual sensation which permits a judgment to be made of the proportion of pure chromatic color in the total sensation. (CIE 45-25-225. ) Pink and red differ in saturation with the red ...

CIE illuminant C

Physics; Color science

A standard illuminant that is an approximation to average daylight. Like all illuminants, illuminant C is specified by its spectral power distribution.

equiluminant

Physics; Color science

Equal in luminance. Two lights may be equally bright although chromatically different (which implies they have different spectral power distributions). One consequence of the possession of color ...