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TEACH THE CORRECT COLOR THEORY IN SCHOOLTeachers in public schools are still teaching the wrong color theory to children. |
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The old primaries. |
WHY DOES IT WORK?
| HUMAN EYE TYPE | LIGHT PRIMARIES | PIGMENT PRIMARIES |
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| normal human | - red, green, blue | - magenta, yellow, cyan |
| protanomalic | - orange, green, blue | - magenta, chartreuse, cyan |
| deuteranomalic | - red, yellow, blue | - magenta, orange, aqua |
| protanopic | - green, blue | - green, blue |
| deuteranopic | - orange, blue | - orange, blue |
| tritanopic | - red, green | - red, green |
| monochromatic | - blue | - black |
| cone-blind (and normal night vision) | - cyan | - black |
| ANIMAL EYE TYPE | LIGHT PRIMARIES | PIGMENT PRIMARIES |
| cat | - red, green, blue | - magenta, yellow, cyan |
| some fish | - red, green, blue | - magenta, yellow, cyan |
| dog | - yellow, cyan | - yellow, cyan |
| many birds | - red, yellow, cyan | - purple, orange, green |
| most insects | - green, violet, ultraviolet | - green-UV, cyan, violet-UV |
| spiders | - green, blue, violet, ultraviolet | (we can't see or name them) |
| pit vipers | - infrared, blue | - infrared, blue |
| PRIMATES | LIGHT PRIMARIES | PIGMENT PRIMARIES |
| old-world | - red, green, blue | - magenta, yellow, cyan |
| new-world, 1/2 of females* | - red, green, blue | - magenta, yellow, cyan |
| new-world, 1/2 of males, 1/4 of females* | - green, blue | - green, blue |
| new-world, 1/2 of males, 1/4 of females* | - orange, blue | - orange, blue |
| nocturnal prosimians | - cyan | - black |
| HUMAN EYE MATCHING 4-COLOR | LIGHT PRIMARIES | LIGHT SECONDARIES** |
| normal human set 1 | - red, leaf, aqua, blue | - magenta, yellow, green, cyan |
| normal human set 2 | - red, yellow, aqua, blue | - magenta, orange, leaf, cyan |
* The X-chromosome has only one space for a color cone gene, and can take either the red or the green cone gene, but not both. The Y-chromosome can not accept a color vision gene. So males must be dichromats, but females can be either dichromats or trichromats. The dichromatic females receive two copies of the same cone gene.
** The pigment primaries are those of normal human vision. These are attempts to make a better color monitor that covers more colors.
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