tri·chro·mat·ic

(trī′krō-măt′ĭk) also tri·chrome (trī′krōm′) or tri·chro·mic (trī-krō′mĭk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or having three colors, as in photography or printing.

2. Having perception of the three primary colors, as in normal human vision: trichromatic vision; a trichromatic individual.

tri·chro′ma·cy (trī-krō′mə-sē), tri·chro′ma·tism (-tĭz′əm) n.

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Noun

trichromacy - the normal ability to see colors

chromatic vision, color vision

visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight - the ability to see; the visual faculty

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References in periodicals archive

Viewers that experience abnormalities in color vision can be classified as exhibiting anomalous trichromacy (all three color pigments are present, but one of them is anomalous), dichromacy (only two of the pigments are present), and monochromacy (a single pigment or none at all; the rarest of the three)[9].

IMAGE RECOLORING FOR COLOR-DEFICIENT VIEWERS

We observed normal trichromacy (NT) in 14 (73.7%) eyes and pseudoprotanomaly (PPT) in 5 (26.3%) eyes.

Long-Term Anatomic and Functional Outcomes after Macular Hole Surgery

While most of the insects which have been studied can be generally described as having an ultraviolet (UV)-blue-green trichromacy, there are several different pigments and configurations which insects may have within their compound eye (Briscoe & Chittka 2001; Koshitaka et al.

Brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) attraction to various light stimuli

For example, jumping spiders in the genus Habronattus have evolved a retinal filter in the AM eyes that increases their spectral sensitivities from UV-green dichromacy to UV-green-red trichromacy (Zurek et al., 2015).

Molecular Evolution of Spider Vision: New Opportunities, Familiar Players

There are three types of inherited CVD: monochromacy, dichromacy and anomalous trichromacy. Monochromacy, being so rare, is the total absence of colour vision and occurs when two or all three of the cone pigments are missing.

Incidence of Protanopia and Deuteranopia, Defects of Colour Vision in Quetta, Pakistan

Further, the observer perceives color in terms of three color signals based on the trichromacy theory can be modeled by:

Morphological based skin segmentation using computer graphics color model

The dimensionality of color vision in carriers of anomalous trichromacy. J Vis 2010;10(8):12.

Insight into ocular genetic research: trends in Oman

Trichromacy, in accordance with the Young-Helmholtz theory, is present at the receptor level and opponent processing, as proposed by Hering, is established in the inner retina.

Colour vision deficiency part 1--an introduction

Uc renk gorme (Trichromacy): Renk ile ilgili bilginin uc koni hucresi grubu ile aktarilmasi.

Color vision and health committee procedures/Renk gorme ve saglik kurulu islemleri

Anomalous trichromacy (all three color cones are present, but the signals are transmitted to the brain abnormally).

Partial color blindness among bloodstain examiners

There are also a number of misunderstandings in their application of trichromacy. Our re-analysis leads to conclusion that their data raises very interesting questions regarding brightness constancy and color effects, but does not support most of their claims regarding trichromacy.

Letters to the editor

234) states that "trichromacy originally evolved for picking out the most nutritious leaves." I teach high school students to avoid this kind of statement in regard to evolution.

Evolution resolution