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achromatic

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Referring to any color that lacks a chromatic (hue) component. Black, white, or gray.

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achromatopsia

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An inability to perceive colors that is caused by damage to the central nervous system.

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adapting stimulus

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A stimulus whose removal produces a change in visual perception or sensitivity.

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additive color mixture

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A mixture of lights. If light A and light B are both reflected from a surface to the eye, in the perception of color the effects of those two lights add together.

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afterimage

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A visual image seen after the stimulus has been removed.

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agnosia

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A failure to recognize objects in spite of the ability to see them, typically due to brain damage.

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anomia

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An inability to name objects in spite of the ability to see and recognize them (as shown by usage), typically due to brain damage.

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brightness

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The perceptual consequence of the physical intensity of a light.

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color assimilation

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A color perception effect in which two colors bleed into each other, each taking on some of the chromatic quality of the other.

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color constancy

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The tendency of a surface to appear the same color under a fairly wide range of illuminants.

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color contrast

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A color perception effect in which the color of one region induces the opponent color in a neighboring region.

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color space

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The three-dimensional space, established because color perception is based on the outputs of three cone types, that describes the set of all colors.

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color-anomalous

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A better term for what is usually called “color-blind.” Most “color-blind” individuals can still make discriminations based on wavelength, but the discriminations are different from the norm.

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cone monochromat

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An individual with only one cone type. Individual is truly color-blind.

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cone-opponent cell

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A cell type—found in the retina, lateral geniculate nucleus, and visual cortex—that, in effect, subtracts one type of cone input from another.

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cultural relativism

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In sensation and perception, the idea that basic perceptual experiences (e.g., color perception) may be determined in part by the cultural environment.

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deuteranope

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An individual who suffers from color blindness that is due to the absence of M-cones.

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double-opponent cell

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A cell type, found in the visual cortex, in which one region is excited by one cone type, combination of cones, or color and inhibited by the opponent cones or color (e.g., R+/G–). Another adjacent region would be inhibited by the first input and excited by the second (thus, in this example, R–/G+).

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hue

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The chromatic (colorful) aspect of color (red, blue, green, yellow, and so on).

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illuminant

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The light that illuminates a surface.

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L-cone

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A cone that is preferentially sensitive to long wavelengths; colloquially (but not entirely accurately) known as a “red cone.”

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lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)

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A structure in the thalamus, part of the midbrain, that receives input from the retinal ganglion cells and has input and output connections to the visual cortex.

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M-cone

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A cone that is preferentially sensitive to middle wavelengths; colloquially (but not entirely accurately) known as a “green cone.”

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metamers

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Different mixtures of wavelengths that look identical. More generally, any pair of stimuli that are perceived as identical in spite of physical differences.

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negative afterimage

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An afterimage whose polarity is the opposite of the original stimulus. Light stimuli produce dark negative afterimages. Colors are complementary; for example, red produces green, and yellow produces blue.

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neutral point

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The point at which an opponent color mechanism is generating no signal. If red–green and blue–yellow mechanisms are at their neutral points, a stimulus will appear achromatic.

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opponent color theory

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The theory that perception of color is based on the output of three mechanisms, each of them resulting from an opponency between two colors: red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white.

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photopic

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Referring to light intensities that are bright enough to stimulate the cone receptors and bright enough to “saturate” the rod receptors (that is, drive them to their maximum responses).

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problem of univariance

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The fact that an infinite set of different wavelength-intensity combinations can elicit exactly the same response from a single type of photoreceptor. One photoreceptor type cannot make color discriminations based on wavelength.

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protanope

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An individual who suffers from color blindness that is due to the absence of L-cones.

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reflectance

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The percentage of light hitting a surface that is reflected and not absorbed into the surface. Typically reflectance is given as a function of wavelength.

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related color

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A color, such as brown or gray, that is seen only in relation to other colors. For example, a “gray” patch in complete darkness appears white.

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rod monochromat

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An individual with no cones of any type. In addition to being truly color-blind, these individuals are badly visually impaired in bright light.

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S-cone

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A cone that is preferentially sensitive to short wavelengths; colloquially (but not entirely accurately) known as a “blue cone.”

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saturation

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The chromatic strength of a hue. White has zero saturation, pink is more saturated, and red is fully saturated.

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scotopic

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Referring to light intensities that are bright enough to stimulate the rod receptors but too dim to stimulate the cone receptors.

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single-opponent cell

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Another way to refer to cone-opponent cells.

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spectral power distribution

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The physical energy in a light as a function of wavelength.

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spectral reflectance function

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The percentage of a particular wavelength that is reflected from a surface.

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subtractive color mixture

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A mixture of pigments. If pigments A and B mix, some of the light shining on the surface will be absorbed by A, and some by B. Only the remainder contributes to the perception of color.

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trichromatic theory of color vision (or trichromacy)

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The theory that the color of any light is defined in our visual system by the relationships of three numbers—the outputs of three receptor types now known to be the three cones. Also known as the Young-Helmholtz theory.

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tritanope

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An individual who suffers from color blindness that is due to the absence of S-cones.

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unique hue

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Any of four colors that can be described with only a single color term: red, yellow, green, blue. Other colors (e.g., purple or orange) can be described as compounds (reddish blue, reddish yellow).

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unrelated color

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A color that can be experienced in isolation.