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How the human eye sees

Chapter 1

The gateway of light

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Chapter 2

The brain's darkroom

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Chapter 3

The spectrum of color

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Chapter 4

Vision variations and future tech

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Ch 3 · The spectrum of color
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The surprising genetics of color blindness

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Fun Fact

Blue color: Blue is a relatively modern concept; ancient languages like Homeric Greek had no word for it, often describing the sea as 'wine-dark.'

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The rare genetic mystery of tetrachromacy

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Glossary
cone (noun)
A specialized photoreceptor cell in the retina of the eye that is responsible for color vision. The human retina contains roughly six million cones to detect red, green, and blue light wavelengths.

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Quiz

Approximately how many distinct colors can a standard human eye distinguish?

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Gossip

Which color makes you feel the most calm?

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On which chromosome are the human genes for red and green cone pigments located?

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Which color was notably absent from many ancient languages, including ancient Greek?

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What is the term for having four distinct types of color-receptive cone cells?

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Which marine animal is famous for having up to 16 different color photoreceptors?

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Why did trichromatic color vision likely evolve in early primates?

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Which color-blindness type is the most common among humans worldwide?

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What happens when all three types of human cone cells are stimulated equally?

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