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Perception 4/e Cover Image
Perception, 4/e
Robert Sekuler, Brandeis University
Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University
Color Perception

Chapter Outline

  1. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SEE COLORS?
  2. WHAT IS COLOR?
    1. A Multitude of Color Names
    2. The Insights of Isaac Newton
      1. Hue
      2. What a prism reveals about color
      3. What can metamers reveal about color?
      4. Newton's color circle
    3. The Constancy of Color
  3. THE TRICHROMACY OF HUMAN VISION
    1. A Design Decision: How Many Cone Pigments?
      1. What if eyes had only one cone pigment?
      2. What if eyes had two cone pigments?
      3. What if eyes had three cone pigments?
      4. What if eyes had four cone pigments?
    2. What Are the Three Cone Types?
    3. The Geography of the Cones
  4. THE EVOLUTION OF CONE PHOTOPIGMENTS
  5. COLOR'S OPPONENT CHARACTER
    1. What Is the Evidence for Color Opponency?
    2. Chromatic and Achromatic Systems
    3. Opponent Processes and Efficiency of Coding
    4. The Physiological Basis of Opponency
    5. Cortical Mechanisms of Color Vision
  6. ABNORMALITIES OF COLOR PERCEPTION
    1. Congenital Color Deficiency
    2. Congenital Supernormality?
    3. Acquired Color Abnormalities
      1. Ocular disorders
    4. What Does the World Look Like to a "Color-Blind" Person?








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