ABSTRACT
In the preceding chapters, light and its interaction with matter was discussed. One particularly important interaction occurs when light enters the human eye. Light falling on the retina triggers a most remarkable sequence of events. In this and the following chapter, we will focus on this chain of events, insofar the current state of knowledge allows us. It should be noted that much of the neurological underpinnings of color still forms an active area of research, and knowledge of higher-level color processing in the human brain therefore remains relatively sparse [496]. In addition, the more we learn about the functional organization of the visual cortex, the more complex the human visual system turns out to be. Nonetheless, we consider this topic the other half of essential background information, necessary to understand and effectively use theories of color.
