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Re: SL3d, focusing of eye

  • From: P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: SL3d, focusing of eye
  • Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:20:45 -0700
At 12:08 PM 10/16/96, P3D John W Roberts wrote:
>
>A note of caution: I believe the spatial resolution for human vision is
>much less for blue than for the other colors. (I'll try to look it up.)
>

The resolution is much lower for variations that have to be picked up by
the short-wavelength-sensitive cone cells (because these are much sparser
in the fovea (central retina) than the other two types).  Blue on black
would be one example, purple on green (of the correct shades) would be
another.

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
Division of Biology
216-76
Caltech
Pasadena, CA
(818) 395-8337
jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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