Color Perception

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Color Perception

• Light

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Color Perception

• Light

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Color Perception

• Light

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Color Perception

• Object Spectra

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Color Perception

• Object Spectra

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Vision - Color Perception

• Cones

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Color Perception

• Cone Distribution in the Retina

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Color Perception

• The Responses of Cones

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Color Perception

• The Responses of Cones

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Color Perception

• The Responses of Cones

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Color Blindness
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Color Perception

• The Responses of Ganglion Cells
• Receptive Fields

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Color Perception

• The Response of Ganglion Cells - Receptive Fields

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Color Perception

• The Responses of Ganglion Cells - Receptive Fields

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Color Perception

• The Responses of Ganglion Cells - Receptive Fields

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Color Perception

• The Theory of Opponent Colors
• Green and Red are opposed Yellow and Blue are
  opposed
• Try to imagine Red mixed with Green or Blue mixed
  with Yellow

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Color Perception

• Color perception results from the activity of
  Receptors (active/inactive), Opponent Cells
  (afterimages and simultaneous contrast) and the
  visual cortex of the brain.

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Color Perception

• The Theory of Opponent Colors

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Color Perception

• The Theory of Opponent Colors

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Color Perception

• The Theory of Opponent Colors

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Color Perception

• The Responses of the Lateral Geniculate Bodies
• The Theory of Opponent Colors

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Color Perception

• The Responses of the Lateral Geniculate Bodies
• The Theory of Opponent Colors

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Color Perception

• The Responses of the Primary Visual Cortex
• The Theory of Color Constancy

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Color Perception

• The response of the retina
• The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus - Opponent Colors
• The Responses of the Primary Visual Cortex
• The Theory of Color Constancy