Talk:Photopic vision

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Drawing can be better, as fare I am consent.

Find my source: “Luminosity response curve” at http://www.nyas.org/ebriefreps/ebrief/000500/pdfs/livingstone.pdf

I am working on draft to a better drawing: http://www.123hjemmeside.dk/pakhusetsfotogruppe/5826276?i=13996601

BoyeHenningLauritzen (talk) 17:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Quote from page "The human eye uses three types of cones to sense light in three respective bands of color. The pigments of the cones have maximum absorption values at wavelengths of about 445 nm (blue), 535 nm (green), resp. 575 nm (red)."

575nm is so *not* red. it's barely in the yellow sprectrum, let alone pushing it's way through orange to get into red.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_E-7_m http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/colcon.html#c1 23:18, 3 May 2007, IP: 203.206.209.173

You are absolutely right, but as primate trichromatic (3 colour) vision has developed from the dichromatic (2 colour) vision of most mammals, there has been little evolutionary time for the 3^rd photopigment (chemical responsible for light absorption) to develop. It has resulted from the genetic duplication of one of the original photopigments, which has slightly mutated form the original, and is used for the red end of the spectrum; through what could be called very clever neural circuitry (ie. analysis by the nervous system, and brain). George-E 23:12, 24 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

P.s. The page seems a little sparse to go into this detail at present, but somebody could eventually? George-E 23:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

This article is about biologic spectral response. But the actual data values are not included. Here they are: numeric graphic 1988 C.I.E. Photopic Luminous Efficiency Function
(The functions should be annotated with color names to make the information as accessible as possible to the general reader.) (The Luminosity function article has nice graphs and very nice color bar -- it would be good to copy all those into this article.) -69.87.203.97 14:34, 20 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Please provide the complete un-normalized response curves of the three types of humans color receptors, and show how this adds up to (or differs from) the Luminosity function.-69.87.203.133 02:17, 25 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Neither this article nor the Article Rod cell gives a clear answer to the question whether rod cells play any (supportive) role in photopic (daytime) vision or whether they're basically inactive under well-lit conditions. Please add. -- 194.39.218.10 (talk) 08:51, 30 November 2021 (UTC)Reply