Human Potential for Tetrachromacy by Kimberly
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N color palette—the changing sky, autumn leaves, the tinted irises of beloved eyes—has allured human interest since time immemorial. Scientific advances over the past twenty years have led to a far better understanding of the relevance and physiological basis of color experience than ever before. Recent research in molecular genetics, color perception and cognitive psychology is clarifying the underpinnings of human color sensations, how color experience has evolved, and along which perceptual paths we might be headed as a species of color-experiencing individuals. Together, such advances suggest that extensions of color perception theory are needed to account for retinal photopigment diversity unanticipated by accepted models of color vision trichromacy.
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