You Have the Assignment of Designing Colour Codes for Different

question 89

Multiple Choice

You have the assignment of designing colour codes for different parts. Three colours are to be used
On each part, but a combination of three colours used for one part cannot be rearranged and used
To identify a different part. This means that if green, yellow and violet were used to identify a
Camshaft, yellow, violet and green (or any other combination of these three colours) could not be
Used to identify a pinion gear. If there are 35 combinations, how many colours were available?

• A) 5
• B) 7
• C) 9
• D) 11

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Definitions:

Parallel Processing

The ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality, a multifaceted aspect of cognition.

Color Processing

The neurological and psychological process by which the brain interprets wavelengths of light as distinct colors.

Young-Helmholtz Theory

A theory of color vision that proposes the eye perceives color through the responses of three types of receptors sensitive to red, green, and blue.

Opponent-Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how opposing sets of emotions and perceptions are regulated.