PSYCH 1XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Additive Color, Color Vision, Red
16 Mar 2018
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Exists as our way of interpreting light waves. We see colours due to wavelengths of the spectrum that trigger our brains to see colour. Adds to the richness of our visual experience. Has a purpose beyond adding richness and aesthetics. This vision is critical for mate selection for birds. Colour perception is a subjective experience created by incoming light stimuli interacting with different cone receptors in the retina. Bulls see red cloth as grey and actually see the motion. Primates are the only mammals that see in colour. Dogs and cats can only see grey: benefit from colour vision when foraging for food, added contrast between objects and their background. Bees see ultraviolet hues on flowers that acts as nectar maps: darker regions are considered nectar. We process colour similar to how artists mix colour pigments. The three colour that can be combined in various proportions to make every colour in the spectrum.
