TEST AND FIELD SPECTRAL SENSITIVITIES OF COLOR MECHANISMS OBTAINED ON SMALL WHITE BACKGROUNDS - ACTION OF UNITARY OPPONENT COLOR PROCESSES
TEST AND FIELD SPECTRAL SENSITIVITIES OF COLOR MECHANISMS OBTAINED ON SMALL WHITE BACKGROUNDS - ACTION OF UNITARY OPPONENT COLOR PROCESSES
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DOI:
10.1016/0042-6989(83)90201-8
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
SNELGAR, RS
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作者:
FOSTER, DH;SNELGAR, RS
For human foveal vision the test spectral sensitivity curve obtained in the presence of a large white background exhibits peaks at .apprx. 440, 530 and 610 nm and a small dip or notch at .apprx. 580 nm. Field spectral sensitivity curves for the medium- and long-wavelength sensitive color mechanisms when derived in the presence of a small monochromatic background (auxiliary field) spatially coincident with the test field are sharper than the corresponding Stile''s II mechanisms and peak at .apprx. 530 and 605 nm. The short-wavelength sensitive color mechanism shows no such effect, the peak remaining at .apprx. 440 nm. The test spectral sensitivity curve obtained on a large white background and the sharpened field spectral sensitivity curves obtained on a spatially coincident, monochromatic auxiliary field were each interpreted in terms of an opponent-process theory of color vision: the response of the non-opponent luminance system may be reduced by selective achromatic adaptation (with the large white background) or by selective contour masking (with the spatially coincident auxiliary field). The 2 techniques of achromatic and spatial adaptations were combined: a small white auxiliary field spatially coincident with the test field was used in measurements of both test and field spectral sensitivities. The test spectral sensitivity curve showed more clearly defined peaks and a deeper notch at .apprx. 580 nm than when obtained on the large white background and the test curve was well fitted by the upper envelope of the short-wavelength and sharpened medium- and long-wavelength field spectral sensitivity curves, suggesting the possibility that 3 unitary opponent-color mechanisms may underlie test and field spectral sensitivities. A test of this hypothesis is proposed concerning the effect of auxiliary-field chromaticity on the position of the notch at .apprx. 580 nm in the test spectral sensitivity curve.