Conway Bevil R, Eskew Rhea T, Martin Paul R, Stockman Andrew
National Eye Institute and National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Department of Psychology, 125 Nightingale Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Vision Res. 2018 Oct;151:2-6. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2018.06.009. Epub 2018 Aug 7.
The study of color vision encompasses many disciplines, including art, biochemistry, biophysics, brain imaging, cognitive neuroscience, color preferences, colorimetry, computer modelling, design, electrophysiology, language and cognition, molecular genetics, neuroscience, physiological optics, psychophysics and physiological optics. Coupled with the elusive nature of the subjective experience of color, this wide range of disciplines makes the study of color as challenging as it is fascinating. This overview of the special issue Color: Cone Opponency and Beyond outlines the state of the science of color, and points to some of the many questions that remain to be answered in this exciting field.
色彩视觉的研究涵盖了许多学科,包括艺术、生物化学、生物物理学、脑成像、认知神经科学、颜色偏好、色度学、计算机建模、设计、电生理学、语言与认知、分子遗传学、神经科学、生理光学、心理物理学和生理光学。再加上色彩主观体验难以捉摸的特性,如此广泛的学科使得色彩研究既具有挑战性又引人入胜。本期特刊《色彩:锥体拮抗及其他》的概述勾勒了色彩科学的现状,并指出了这个令人兴奋的领域中仍有待解答的众多问题中的一些。