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VisualperceptionofthelightspectrumColor(AmericanEnglish)orcolour(CommonwealthEnglish)isthevisualperceptionbasedontheelectromagneticspectrum.Thoughcolorisnotaninherentpropertyofmatter,colorperceptionisrelatedtoanobjectslightabsorption,reflection,emissionspectraandinterference.Formosthumans,colorareperceivedinthevisiblelightspectrumwiththreetypesofconecells(trichromacy).Otheranimalsmayhaveadifferentnumberofconecelltypesorhaveeyessensitivetodifferentwavelength,suchasbeesthatcandistinguishultrav...
Visual perception of the light spectrum
Color (American English) or colour (Commonwealth English) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter, color perception is related to an objects light absorption, reflection, emission spectra and interference. For most humans, color are perceived in the visible light spectrum with three types of cone cells (trichromacy). Other animals may have a different number of cone cell types or have eyes sensitive to different wavelength, such as bees that can distinguish ultraviolet, thus has a different color sensitivity range. Animal perception of color originates from different light wavelength or spectral sensitivity in cone cell types, which is then being processed by the brain.
Colors have perceived properties such as hue, colorfulness (saturation) and luminance. Colors can also be additively mixed (commonly used for actual light) or subtractively mixed (comm...