trichromatic

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In addition, while we base our 'trichromatic' color combinations on red, blue, and green, bees base their colors on UV, blue, and green a much richer type of light.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or having three colors, as in photography or printing.
  2. adjective Having perception of the three primary colors, as in normal vision: trichromatic vision; a trichromatic individual.

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  • Ohio University researchers believe they have shown that trichromatic color vision (the ability to discriminate red from green) was present in some primates long before it became a method of sexual communication ...
  • The authors created trichromatic mice by inserting a human pigment gene into the mouse genome. —  Scientific American
  • (Nov. 9, 1999) - Researchers at the University of Chicago have found evidence that trichromatic or full color vision originated in prosimians, a group of lemurs, Bush Babies and pottos rather than in higher primates, ...
  • Normally trichromatic people can differentiate about one million colors. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • He also discovered a diversity of genetic variations in normal, trichromatic vision. —  MIT World: Recent Updates
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  1. from Greek τριχρώματος, three-colored: see trichromic.
 

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