The Theory That Assumes There Are Three Types of Colour

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Multiple Choice

The theory that assumes there are three types of colour receptors in the retina and that individual cones are most sensitive to one of the three wavelengths of light is called _______________.

• A)Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory
• B)opponent-process theory
• C)Hering's theory
• D)transduction theory

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Definitions:

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Steep-Sided Cone

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