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Tetrachromacy

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Tetrachromacy (from Ancient Greek tetra, meaning "four" and chroma, meaning "color") is the condition of possessing four independent channels for conveying color information, or possessing four types of cone cell in the eye. Organisms with tetrachromacy are called tetrachromats.

Tetrachromacy - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of color vision with four types of cone cells "Tetrachromat" redirects here. For the chemical ion species, see Tetrachromate . The four pigments in a bird's cone cells (in this example, estrildid finches ) extend the range of color vision into the ultraviolet . [ 1 ] Tetrachromacy (from Ancient Greek tetra , meaning "four" and chroma , meaning "color") is the condition of possessing four independent channels for conveying color information, or possessing four types of cone cell in the eye . Organisms with tetr

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