Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who has trichromatic vision.
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- noun One who has
trichromatic vision .
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Examples
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I don't spend much time thinking about what life would be like if I couldn't see the difference between cyan, turquoise, indigo, cerulean, and azure or even between red and green, but after watching Oliver Sacks documentary "An Island of Colorblindness" I have a whole new appreciation for being a trichromat.
Archive 2006-10-01 Field Notes 2006
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I don't spend much time thinking about what life would be like if I couldn't see the difference between cyan, turquoise, indigo, cerulean, and azure or even between red and green, but after watching Oliver Sacks documentary "An Island of Colorblindness" I have a whole new appreciation for being a trichromat.
An Island of Colorblindness Field Notes 2006
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Spectral peaks were estimated at 347, 424 and 539 nm for UV, blue and green receptors, respectively, suggesting that this species is a UV-blue-green trichromat.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Skorupski et al. 2010
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Spectral peaks were estimated at 347, 424 and 539 nm for UV, blue and green receptors, respectively, suggesting that this species is a UV-blue-green trichromat.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Skorupski et al. 2010
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Most people are trichromats, meaning they have three types of cone cell allowing them to see roughly a million colours (around 8 per cent of men and 0.5 per cent of women are colour-blind, which usually means they only have two fully functioning cones.)
The science of colour is upending our relationship with screens Condé Nast 2020
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