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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Spiros Kitsinelis, Spyridon Kitsinelis
May 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
295 pages
8h 16m
English
CRC Press
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9.5 Color Vision Impairments 213
Wikipedia [29] provides a short description of all inherited or congenital color
deciencies. Color blindness may be acquired or inherited, with three types of
inherited or congenital color vision deciencies: monochromacy, dichromacy,
and anomalous trichromacy.
Monochromacy, also known as total color blindness, is the lack of ability to
distinguish colors, caused by the absence or defect of a cone. Monochromacy
occurs when two or all three of the cone pigments are missing and color vision is
reduced to one dimension.
Rod monochromacy (achromatopsia) is an exceedingly rare, nonpro-
gressive inability to disti ...
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ISBN: 9781482243673