Color Vision

Name: Color Vision | Perspectives from Different Disciplines
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Perspectives from Different Disciplines

Werner G. K. Backhaus Reinhold Kliegl John S. Werner(Editor)

De Gruyter (Publisher)

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Published on 24. June 2011

XV, 343 pages

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Intro
Introduction
I. Color Vision in Art and Science
1. Aging through the Eyes of Monet
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A Link between Sunlight and Aging
1.3 The Trivariance of Color Mixture: Maxwell and Helmholtz
1.4 Monet's Early Impressionistic Style
1.5 Monet's Years in Argenteuil and Vètheuil
1.6 The Opponent Code for Color Appearance: Hering
1.7 Monet's Response to Pointillism and Divisionism
1.8 Hay Stack and Cathedral Series
1.9 Monet Returns to London
1.10 Water Lilies and Cataracts
1.11 Summary
References
II. Physiology and Neuroethology
2. Physiological and Psychophysical Simulations of Color Vision in Humans and Animals
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Color Stimuli
2.3 Psychophysics of Color Vision
2.4 Psychophysical Color Spaces
2.5 Neurophysiology of Color Vision
2.6 Physiological Color Spaces
2.7 Psychophysical and Physiological Simulations of Color Vision
2.8 Conscious vs. Unconscious Judgments
2.9 Conclusions
References
3. Receptors, Channels and Color in Primate Retina
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Physiology and Anatomy in the Retina
3.3 Conclusions
References
4. Chromatic Processing in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Spectral Responsivities
4.3 Responses of LGN Cells to Various Photoreceptor Contrasts
4.4 Selective Photoreceptor Stimulation in Human Observers
4.5 Summary
References
5. Molecular Genetics and the Biological Basis of Color Vision
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Background
5.3 Spectral Tuning of M- and L-Cone Pigments
5.4 Color Vision Defects
5.5 Variation in Normal Color Vision
5.6 What Can Visual Pigment Gene Expression Tell Us about the Architecture of the Retina?
References
6. Source Analysis of Color-Evoked Potentials in a Realistic Head Model Confirmed by Functional MRI
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Methods
6.3 Results
6.4 Discussion
6.5 Summary
References
7. Wavelength Information Processing versus Color Perception: Evidence from Blindsight and Color-Blind Sight
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Wavelength Information Processing
7.3 Segregation of Wavelength and Intensity Information and Constancy
7.4 Color Perception
References
8. Color Vision in Lower Vertebrates
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Wavelength Discrimination in Lower Vertebrates
8.3 Color Constancy and Color Contrast
8.4 Color Vision and Other Visual Functions: Evidence for Parallel Processing of Visual Information
8.5 Color Perception
8.6 Summary
References
9. Color Vision: Ecology and Evolution in Making the Best of the Photic Environment
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Palaeontological Record
9.3 Daylight and Color Vision
9.4 Colorimetry
9.5 Color Spaces
9.6 Evolution of Floral Colors and Color Vision
9.7 Color Patterns in Flowers
9.8 Trichromacy and Tetrachromacy
9.9 Conclusions
References
III. Psychology and Philosophy
10. The Perception of Blackness: An Historical and Contemporary Review
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Phenomenology of Blackness
10.3 Historical Review
10.4 Physiological Mechanisms
10.5 Conclusion
References
11. Basic Color Terms and Basic Color Categories
Discussion and Summary
References
12. Color Perception: From Grassman Codes to a Dual Code for Object and Illumination Colors
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Elementaristic vs. Ecological Perspectives in Color Research
12.3 Attributes of Color
12.4 Early Color Coding and the Elementaristic Approach
12.5 Ecological and Computational Perspectives
12.6 Center-Surround Configurations as Minimal Stimuli for Triggering a Dual Code for 'Object Colors' and 'Illumination Colors'
References
13. Color Contrast Gain Control
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Model Components
13.3 Color Image Processing
13.4 Discussion
13.5 Summary
References
14. Binocular Brightness Combination: A Mechanism for Combining Two Sources of Rather Similar Information
14.1 Intensity Invariance of Binocular Brightness
14.2 Methods
14.3 Results
14.4 Discussion
14.5 Summary
References
15. Inferences about Infant Color Vision
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Inferences from Luminosity
15.3 Inferences from Silent Substitution
15.4 Inferences about Rod Intrusion
15.5 Inferences about M- and L-Cones
15.6 Summary
References
IV. Color Metrics and Application
16. Dichromacy - The Simplest Type of Color Vision
16.1 Introduction: An Initial Overview
16.2 The Trichromatic Instrumental Color Space 3VBGR
16.3 Measuring the Deuteranopic Missing Color and Reducing Trichromacy to Deuteranopia
16.4 The Transition from the Instrumental Trichromatic Space to the Instrumental Deuteranopic Space
16.5 The Transformation from the Trichromatic Instrumental Color Space to the Deuteranopic Opponent-Color Space
16.6 The Role of the Fundamental Color Space
16.7 Construction of the Fundamental Color Spaces 3VPTD and 2VPT and the Deuteranopic Opponent-Color Channels
16.8 A Synopsis of Deuteranopia
16.9 A Synopsis of Dichromacy
16.10 A Lattice-Theoretical Classification of Dichromacy and Other Color Deficiencies
16.11 Concluding Remarks
16.12 Summary
References
17. Current CIE Work to Achieve Physiologically-Correct Color Metrics
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Cone Excitation Spectra
17.3 Further Aspects
17.4 Summary
References
18. Use of Computer Graphics in PostScript for Color Didactics
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Multiplicity of Colors
18.3 Color Solid, Basic Colors and Color Attributes
18.4 Spectrum and 3-Dimensional Color Values
18.5 Color Measurement, Mixture and Contrast
18.6 Colors: Equally Spaced and Thresholds
18.7 Opponent Achromatic Color Vision
18.8 Sensitivity, Saturation and Chromaticity
18.9 Summary
References
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