Colour vision; being the Tyndall lectures delivered in 1894 at the Royal Institute (1895)
Abney, William de Wiveleslie, Sir, 1843-1920 · New York, W. Wood & Co. · leaf 76
Colour Vision. 56 we call red, rays promote great dissimilative changes of the red-green substance with comparatively slight effect on the yellow-hlue substance ; hence our sensation of red. " In that part of the spectrum which we call yellow, the ravs effect s;reat dissimilative chansjes of the… … blue substance ; but their action on the red-green substance does not lead to an excess of either dis- similation or assimilation, this substance being neutral to them ; hence our sensation of yellow. The green rays, again, promote assimilation of the red-green substance, leaving the assimilation…
Color vision
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