Psychiatry and Psychology

Color Vision

Function of the human eye that is used in bright illumination or in daylight (at photopic intensities). Photopic vision is performed by the three types of RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTORS with varied peak absorption wavelengths in the color spectrum (from violet to red, 400 - 700 nm).

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Function of the human eye that is used in bright illumination or in daylight (at photopic intensities). Photopic vision is performed by the three types of RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTORS with varied peak absorption wavelengths in the color spectrum (from violet to red, 400 - 700 nm).

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7 entry terms
  • Daylight Vision
  • Photopic Vision
  • Color Visions
  • Vision, Color
  • Vision, Daylight
  • Vision, Photopic
  • Visions, Color

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with COLOR PERCEPTION

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History Note

2009 (1986)

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Previous Indexing

  • Color Perception (1963-2008)

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  1. F02w.830w.816w.964.124w
  2. G11.561.790w.964.124w
  3. G14.935.124w

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WW 150

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Color Vision. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055253. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055253
  2. Color Vision. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision
  3. Color Vision. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374259