How do we perceive colour?
Little Web Giants
APRIL 22, 2014
We can see that our rods and cones will have a very similar pattern of excitation in response to this new mixed light as they did to the pure 580nm beam. If we now add a further wavelength of 500nm, we change the excitation pattern again. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Image credit: Little Web Giants. Perceived colour.
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