Cones | Function best Relatively bright light Color perception |
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ones are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that allow for the perception of color. We have trichromatic vision because most humans have three kinds of cones with diverse pigments which absorb light at dissimilar wavelengths. But there have been reports of people with four or more types of cones, giving them tetrachromatic vision. This means they may respond to more wavelengths thus perceiving more colors.
“Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's brain.” - Henri Matisse
