Colour vision must have evolved to serve some practical purpose. Dr. Edwin Lord has a new theory that colour is not the property of objects at all but the result of complex calculations which the brain performs to ensure that objects can be recognized under a wide range of light conditions
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323922
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anatomy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Perception
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Color
Television → Television series → Television series - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)