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There are far so many references to chromatic aberrations from
achromats and very few if none on prism diagonal (which has a unique dispersing aberrations on primary colors and not secondary spectrum) so I set out to find all information I can in the net. I came across the following site which mentioned that the blue cones of our eyes are few yet it has the same sensitivity as red and green courtesy of some unknown blue boosting mechanism. If anyone has update articles on the mysterious blue cones and detailed methods of achieving the boosting effect. Lemme know. Thanks. I'd like to understand the evolutionary process that leads to that selection. Birds have 4 color cones. Some species have more or specific cones including seeing in the infrared and ultraviolet. Imagine in the not so distant future when genetic engineering can render this same capability to a man. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu...colcon.html#c1 "In 1965 came experimental confirmation of a long expected result - there are three types of color-sensitive cones in the retina of the human eye, corresponding roughly to red, green, and blue sensitive detectors. Painstaking experiments have yielded response curves for three different kind of cones in the retina of the human eye. The "green" and "red" cones are mostly packed into the fovea centralis. By population, about 64% of the cones are red-sensitive, about 32% green sensitive, and about 2% are blue sensitive. The "blue" cones have the highest sensitivity and are mostly found outside the fovea. The shapes of the curves are obtained by measurement of the absorption by the cones, but the relative heights for the three types are set equal for lack of detailed data. There are fewer blue cones, but the blue sensitivity is comparable to the others, so there must be some boosting mechanism. In the final visual perception, the three types seem to be comparable, but the detailed process of achieving this is not known." |
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