Note: Intro -- Introduction -- I. Color Vision in Art and Science -- 1. Aging through the Eyes of Monet -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 A Link between Sunlight and Aging -- 1.3 The Trivariance of Color Mixture: Maxwell and Helmholtz -- 1.4 Monet's Early Impressionistic Style -- 1.5 Monet's Years in Argenteuil and Vètheuil -- 1.6 The Opponent Code for Color Appearance: Hering -- 1.7 Monet's Response to Pointillism and Divisionism -- 1.8 Hay Stack and Cathedral Series -- 1.9 Monet Returns to London -- 1.10 Water Lilies and Cataracts -- 1.11 Summary -- References -- II. Physiology and Neuroethology -- 2. Physiological and Psychophysical Simulations of Color Vision in Humans and Animals -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Color Stimuli -- 2.3 Psychophysics of Color Vision -- 2.4 Psychophysical Color Spaces -- 2.5 Neurophysiology of Color Vision -- 2.6 Physiological Color Spaces -- 2.7 Psychophysical and Physiological Simulations of Color Vision -- 2.8 Conscious vs. Unconscious Judgments -- 2.9 Conclusions -- References -- 3. Receptors, Channels and Color in Primate Retina -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Physiology and Anatomy in the Retina -- 3.3 Conclusions -- References -- 4. Chromatic Processing in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Spectral Responsivities -- 4.3 Responses of LGN Cells to Various Photoreceptor Contrasts -- 4.4 Selective Photoreceptor Stimulation in Human Observers -- 4.5 Summary -- References -- 5. Molecular Genetics and the Biological Basis of Color Vision -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Background -- 5.3 Spectral Tuning of M- and L-Cone Pigments -- 5.4 Color Vision Defects -- 5.5 Variation in Normal Color Vision -- 5.6 What Can Visual Pigment Gene Expression Tell Us about the Architecture of the Retina? -- References. , 6. Source Analysis of Color-Evoked Potentials in a Realistic Head Model Confirmed by Functional MRI -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Methods -- 6.3 Results -- 6.4 Discussion -- 6.5 Summary -- References -- 7. Wavelength Information Processing versus Color Perception: Evidence from Blindsight and Color-Blind Sight -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Wavelength Information Processing -- 7.3 Segregation of Wavelength and Intensity Information and Constancy -- 7.4 Color Perception -- References -- 8. Color Vision in Lower Vertebrates -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Wavelength Discrimination in Lower Vertebrates -- 8.3 Color Constancy and Color Contrast -- 8.4 Color Vision and Other Visual Functions: Evidence for Parallel Processing of Visual Information -- 8.5 Color Perception -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- 9. Color Vision: Ecology and Evolution in Making the Best of the Photic Environment -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Palaeontological Record -- 9.3 Daylight and Color Vision -- 9.4 Colorimetry -- 9.5 Color Spaces -- 9.6 Evolution of Floral Colors and Color Vision -- 9.7 Color Patterns in Flowers -- 9.8 Trichromacy and Tetrachromacy -- 9.9 Conclusions -- References -- III. Psychology and Philosophy -- 10. The Perception of Blackness: An Historical and Contemporary Review -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Phenomenology of Blackness -- 10.3 Historical Review -- 10.4 Physiological Mechanisms -- 10.5 Conclusion -- References -- 11. Basic Color Terms and Basic Color Categories -- Discussion and Summary -- References -- 12. Color Perception: From Grassman Codes to a Dual Code for Object and Illumination Colors -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Elementaristic vs. Ecological Perspectives in Color Research -- 12.3 Attributes of Color -- 12.4 Early Color Coding and the Elementaristic Approach -- 12.5 Ecological and Computational Perspectives. , 12.6 Center-Surround Configurations as Minimal Stimuli for Triggering a Dual Code for 'Object Colors' and 'Illumination Colors' -- References -- 13. Color Contrast Gain Control -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Model Components -- 13.3 Color Image Processing -- 13.4 Discussion -- 13.5 Summary -- References -- 14. Binocular Brightness Combination: A Mechanism for Combining Two Sources of Rather Similar Information -- 14.1 Intensity Invariance of Binocular Brightness -- 14.2 Methods -- 14.3 Results -- 14.4 Discussion -- 14.5 Summary -- References -- 15. Inferences about Infant Color Vision -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Inferences from Luminosity -- 15.3 Inferences from Silent Substitution -- 15.4 Inferences about Rod Intrusion -- 15.5 Inferences about M- and L-Cones -- 15.6 Summary -- References -- IV. Color Metrics and Application -- 16. Dichromacy - The Simplest Type of Color Vision -- 16.1 Introduction: An Initial Overview -- 16.2 The Trichromatic Instrumental Color Space 3VBGR -- 16.3 Measuring the Deuteranopic Missing Color and Reducing Trichromacy to Deuteranopia -- 16.4 The Transition from the Instrumental Trichromatic Space to the Instrumental Deuteranopic Space -- 16.5 The Transformation from the Trichromatic Instrumental Color Space to the Deuteranopic Opponent-Color Space -- 16.6 The Role of the Fundamental Color Space -- 16.7 Construction of the Fundamental Color Spaces 3VPTD and 2VPT and the Deuteranopic Opponent-Color Channels -- 16.8 A Synopsis of Deuteranopia -- 16.9 A Synopsis of Dichromacy -- 16.10 A Lattice-Theoretical Classification of Dichromacy and Other Color Deficiencies -- 16.11 Concluding Remarks -- 16.12 Summary -- References -- 17. Current CIE Work to Achieve Physiologically-Correct Color Metrics -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Cone Excitation Spectra -- 17.3 Further Aspects -- 17.4 Summary -- References. , 18. Use of Computer Graphics in PostScript for Color Didactics -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Multiplicity of Colors -- 18.3 Color Solid, Basic Colors and Color Attributes -- 18.4 Spectrum and 3-Dimensional Color Values -- 18.5 Color Measurement, Mixture and Contrast -- 18.6 Colors: Equally Spaced and Thresholds -- 18.7 Opponent Achromatic Color Vision -- 18.8 Sensitivity, Saturation and Chromaticity -- 18.9 Summary -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index.