title: The fundamentals of color perception. Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture--1977.
abstract: The author raises the question, "Suppose a newly qualified optometrist announced that he wanted to undertake research on the perception of color; what fundamental elements of the subject should he attempt to master before setting out on his research program?" In answering this question, the author traces his own development in the subject of color vision.
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003118:Color Perception; D003117:Color Vision Defects; D003124:Colorimetry; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D006666:History of Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000266:history; D012106:Research; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000266:history