How Does the Human Eye Perceive Color?

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Very interesting:

..."We were able to precisely image and count the color-receptive cones in a living human eye for the first time, and we were astonished at the results," says David Williams, Allyn Professor of Medical Optics and director of the Center for Visual Science. "We've shown that color perception goes far beyond the hardware of the eye, and that leads to a lot of interesting questions about how and why we perceive color." [continued]
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051026082313.htm
 
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Far beyond the hardware of the eye?
Perhaps..I have always thought that it is not just the eye that is responsible, and now there is proof.

Very interesting article. Thanks.