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Color categorization and naming in Inherited Color Vision Deficiencies

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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."
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Color Science and Technology
PublisherSpringer Science + Business Media
ISBN (Electronic)9781441980717
ISBN (Print)9781441980700
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2013

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