Colour blindness
Trichromat
Regular vision is trichromatic - it uses all three colour pigments (red/green/blue).
Regular vision is trichromatic - it uses all three colour pigments (red/green/blue).
Anomalous
trichromat
People with anomalous trichromatic vision use all three colour receptors but reception of one pigment is misaligned.
Protanomaly: reduced red sensitivity.
Deuteranomaly: reduced green sensitivity.
Tritanomaly: reduced blue sensitivity.
People with anomalous trichromatic vision use all three colour receptors but reception of one pigment is misaligned.
Protanomaly: reduced red sensitivity.
Deuteranomaly: reduced green sensitivity.
Tritanomaly: reduced blue sensitivity.
The
mechanisms involved in colour vision are complicated. If you are not colour
deficient or colour blind then it's hard to understand what colour blind
people see. There are four kinds of colour vision:
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