Vision: The Eye - Cones and Color Vision

3 important questions on Vision: The Eye - Cones and Color Vision

Where is color perception based on?

Color vision is based on the combination of relative activity of the 3 sets of cones

What means color blindness?

When a person only has/uses 2 sets of cones. Color perception is based on the combination of acitivy of 2 sets of cones instead of 3 sets.

How do deficiencies of color vision arise?

Many deficiencies of color vision result from alterations in M- and L-pigment gens during chromosomal cross-over.

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