(neuroscience) A theory of color vision according to which there are three types of color receptors that respond to short, medium, and long waves respectively; primary colors are those that stimulate most successfully the three types of receptors. Also known as Helmholtz theory.
Young-Helmholtz theory
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 | Thomas Young (English-Egyptian physicist & physician) |
| vision (in medicine) |
| yellow |
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