Color Vision

Perspectives from Different Disciplines

Werner G. K. Backhaus, Reinhold Kliegl, John S. Werner, Werner G. K. Backhaus, Reinhold Kliegl, John S. Werner

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9783110154313
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110806984
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory
• Index: Biological Sciences

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Table of contents

• 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
• List of Contributors
• Index