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Lionel Mandrake

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6. You're welcome.

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 04:34 PM

Jul 2015

I'm glad you found it interesting. It's not my field, either, but I find the whole topic of color vision fascinating.

I assume you as an amateur astronomer use a red flashlight when you want to keep your night vision. This works if the red light doesn't leak into the part of the visible spectrum where the rods operate.

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Color vision and X-inactivation. [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jul 2015 OP

That's interesting, my dear Lionel Mandrake. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2015 #1

My dear CP, Lionel Mandrake Jul 2015 #2

Interesting. I had no idea that women who are carriers have a deficit in the ability to color match. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #3

It's an exceedingly subtle effect. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2015 #4

Thank you. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #5

You're welcome. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2015 #6

Oh yes, bought a special light with a 3 part lens that is suppose to block out the rays that... BlueJazz Jul 2015 #7

Types of colorblindness Lionel Mandrake Jul 2015 #8

Color vision in the Hominoidea is fiendishly complex. hunter Jul 2015 #9

Color vision is pretty much the same in all old-world monkeys (including apes like us). Lionel Mandrake Jul 2015 #10

Yep. hunter Jul 2015 #11

A couple of comments about those curves. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2015 #12

Please note that I have just edited post #8 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2015 #13

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