Understanding Color Perception and the Brain: The Role of Television Frequencies

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the perception of color and how the brain interprets signals from television frequencies. It explores the relationship between the limited color output of televisions and the complex nature of human color perception, touching on theoretical and conceptual aspects of vision and color mixing.

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  • Exploratory
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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants question how the brain translates signals from a limited number of colors emitted by televisions into a broader spectrum of perceived colors, such as yellow.
  • One participant suggests that colors can be recreated by adjusting neighboring frequencies, specifically mentioning that mixing red and green light can produce yellow, akin to perceiving a specific wavelength.
  • Another participant raises a question about whether the variation in intensity affects the frequency of yellow before or after the light reaches the eye.
  • A participant introduces a technical aspect regarding the neural pathways involved in color perception, noting that there are twelve unique ways to sum or contrast cone outputs to define hue, which implies a complex system of nerve pathways for color signals.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express varying levels of understanding and inquiry regarding the mechanisms of color perception, with some points of contention about the specifics of how colors are mixed and perceived. The discussion remains unresolved with multiple competing views on the topic.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations in the discussion regarding assumptions about color mixing and the neural processing of color signals, as well as the dependence on specific definitions of color perception and the role of different frequencies.

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The television radiates only (at most?) three "colors"(=let's say frequencies)? Then how does the brain translates two (neighbour?) "colors" into e.g. yellow color?

Color=the feeling we actually see.

A link answering that would be marvelous.
 
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The television radiates only (at most?) three "colors"(=let's say frequencies)? Then how does the brain translates two (neighbour?) "colors" into e.g. yellow color?

Color=the feeling we actually see.

A link answering that would be marvelous.

Interestingly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color#Perception", most of the colors we can perceive can be recreated, from black (all phosphors off), to various colors, to a balance of all three, which we perceive as white.

When it comes to recreating colors between the primary colors, such as yellow, simply adjusting the neighboring frequencies, in this case green and red, will produce an interference pattern which our eyes perceive as yellow, just as if we were seeing a pure frequency between 590–560 nm. In fact, if you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CIExy1931_fixed.svg" , you'll see the primary colors as well as all the colors between them.

I hope this helps!
 
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This variation of intensity causes the frequency of the yellow, before or after the light reaches the eye?
 
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At least, can you explain to me what this means?

There are twelve unique ways to sum or contrast three cone outputs to define hue: our vision uses six contrasts, plus a single luminance sum. This requires a unique nerve pathway for seven different signals; similar outputs in a four cone system would require at least 15 contrast and luminance pathways.
http://handprint.com/HP/WCL/color1.html#quadchromat
 

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