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Question 1

So where does our perception of color come from

Answer 1

Color doesn’t reside in the object but in the theatre of our brains

Question 2

Our difference threshold for colors is so low that we can discriminate more than___different color variations

Answer 2

1 millioni

Question 3

for about __person in___vision is color deficient

Answer 3

1 out of 50

Question 4

What gender is typically color blind

Answer 4

men

Question 5

Explain the young-Helmholtz trichromatic (3 color theory)

Answer 5

The receptors do their color magic in teams of three, red, green, and blue

Question 6

Most people with color-deficient vision are not actually colorblind They simply….

Answer 6

lack the functioning red or green-sensitive cones, sometimes both

Question 7

What does trichromatic mean

Answer 7

the ability to distinguish the three colors

Question 8

What kind of vision do dogs have and what colors can they see

Answer 8

They lack the receptors of the red wavelength (green and blue)

Question 9

what is the opponent- process theory

Answer 9

the theory that opposing retinal process enable color visions

Question 10

The present solution to the mystery of color vision is therefore roughly this:

Answer 10

it goes through two statec of color processing
-the retina’s red, green, and blue cones respond in varying degrees to different color stimuli
-Their signals are then processed by the nervous system’s opponent process cells as hering’s theory proposed.