The Retinex Theory of Color Vision Attempts to Account for the Fact

question 53

Multiple Choice

The retinex theory of color vision attempts to account for the fact that

• A) people can recognize all the colors even while wearing green-tinted lenses.
• B) people have better color vision in the fovea of the retina than they do in the periphery.
• C) it is possible to mix various amounts of three kinds of light to match a light of any other color.
• D) after staring at a bright green object for a minute, one can look away and see a red afterimage.

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