Why Are People Generally Unable to Distinguish Color in Their

question 16

Multiple Choice

Why are people generally unable to distinguish color in their extreme peripheral vision?

• A) Receptors in the periphery are mostly rods.
• B) Receptors in the periphery are too close to the blind spot.
• C) Yellow pigments in the periphery filter out many wavelengths.
• D) Colored light is diffracted by the eyeball like a rainbow so it does not reach the periphery.

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