The number of discernible colors perceived by dichromats in natural scenes and the effects of colored lenses

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-499

  Linhares, João M M ^a   Pinto, Paulo D ^a   Nascimento, Sérgio M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Color vision; Colored lenses; Dichromacy; Discernible colors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPECTACLES;

COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; LENSES; NATURE;

EID: 46749151019     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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