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    The principle of univariance is how one can discriminate between wavelengths through comparison of multiple photoreceptors. The principle states that...
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    W. A. H. Rushton (category Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
    was professor of Physiology at Trinity College, Cambridge. His main interest lay in colour vision and his Principle of Univariance is of seminal importance...
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    In accordance with the principle of univariance, a photoreceptor's output signal is proportional only to the number of photons absorbed. The photoreceptors...
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    Color (category Articles with Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links)
    its composition of wavelengths, is reduced to three color components by the eye. Each cone type adheres to the principle of univariance, which is that...
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