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Proposed by Thomas Young (scientist), and further developed by Herman von Helmholtz, the Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision rests on the central idea that color vision depends on three receptor mechanisms, each tuned to different spectral sensitivities. These three mechanisms are cone visual pigments that operate with different maximum absorptions; short (419-nm), middle (531-nm), and long (558-nm). According to the theory, light of a particular wavelength stimulates the three receptor mechanisms to different degrees, and the pattern of activity across the three mechanisms results in the perception of a color. Understanding that color perception is derived from the pattern of activity across these three receptor mechanisms allows us to determine which colors will be perceived given the response of each of the receptor mechanisms.
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