opponent-colors theory

opponent-colors theory

[ə′pō·nənt ′kəl·ərz ‚thē·ə·rē]

(optics)

A theory of color vision according to which various processes in the visual system are capable of responding in two opposite ways; the Hering theory is an example.

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