Young–Helmholtz theory
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The Young–Helmholtz theory, also known as the trichromatic theory, is a theory of trichromatic color vision – the manner in which the visual system gives rise to the phenomenological experience of col
Thomas Young and Hermann von Helmholtz assumed that the eye's retina consists of three different kinds of light receptors for red, green and blue.
Color vision
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Color vision, a feature of visual perception, is an ability to perceive differences between light composed of different frequencies independently of light intensity.
Young–Helmholtz theory
…based on the work of Thomas Young and Hermann von Helmholtz in the 19th century), also known as the trichromatic theory, is a theory of trichromatic color vision – the manner in which the visual system gives rise to the phenomenological experience of color. While Young is often credited as the progenitor of…
Colorless, green, and red photographic filters as imaged by camera