Through the Eye of Colour
With only 3 primary colours, red, blue and green, the human eye can detect 1-10 million colours. Without even realizing what is happening, the retina detects colour with cone cells. L-cones are sensitive to long wavelengths (red). M-cones to medium wavelengths (green), and S-cones to short wavelengths (blue). The brain mixes the signals from the cones which together produce the full color spectrum in our minds. Normal vision (Trichromatic) consists of 3 types of cones,...
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