Color Vision: Humans and Animals

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Objective

I can compare how humans with colorblindness and various animals perceive color.

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    Our eyes contain receptor cells called cones and rods, which convert light energy into chemical energy.

  2. 2

    Most humans have three types of cones: blue, red and green, allowing them to see about one million colors, a condition called trichromacy.

  3. 3

    People with dichromacy can see about ten thousand colors, while people with monochromacy only perceive about one hundred colors.

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Practice

4 questions

1

Explain the difference between how rods and cones contribute to vision.

2

What is the most common cause of color blindness, and how does it affect color perception?

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Exit ticket

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Explain the difference in color perception between someone with dichromacy (colorblindness) and someone with monochromacy.

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