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Document ID (ISN)24475
CIS number 76-104
ISSN - Serial title 1365-7828 - Lighting Research and Technology
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Wright W.D., Birch J., Palmer D.A.
Title Colour vision characteristics.
Bibliographic information 1975, Vol.7, No.3, p.155-168. Illus. 44 ref.
Abstract This paper is in 3 parts. Part 1 summarises present knowledge about the colour perception process (not the colour vision theory) and discusses questions which are still unanswered. Part 2 deals with defective colour vision, its classification and investigation. Part 3 is devoted to the relationship between colour perception and level of illumination. The discussion which followed the presentation of the paper is appended.
Descriptors (primary) illumination levels; lighting and colour; colour vision; colour vision deficiency
Descriptors (secondary) vision tests; literature survey
Document type -
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the eye and vision damage
Non-ionizing radiation
Lighting and colour