Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology |
Publisher | Springer Science + Business Media |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781441980717 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781441980700 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2013 |
Abstract
Color categorization and naming behaviors of human observers that experience forms of color vision deficiency called "dichromacy." Such deficiency are sex-linked and predominantly affect males, and are due to errors in photopigment expression or functioning, or to the failure to inherit the genetic precursors for the expression of a normal set of retinal "photopigments."