Our understanding of human color vision has advanced tremendously in recent years, helped along by many new discoveries, ideas, and achievements. It is therefore timely that these new developments are brought together in a book, assembled specifically to include new research and insight from the leaders in the field. Although intentionally not exhaustive, many aspects of color vision are discussed in this Springer Series in Vision Research book including: the genetics of the photopigments; the anatomy and physiology of photoreceptors, retinal and cortical pathways; color perception; the effects of disorders; theories on neuronal processes and the evolution of human color vision. Several of the chapters describe new, state-of-the-art methods within genetics, morphology, imaging techniques, electrophysiology, psychophysics, and computational neuroscience. The book gives a comprehensive overview of the different disciplines in human color vision in a way that makes it accessible to specialists and non-specialist scientists alike.

Preface.- 1. The Genetics of Color Vision and Congenital Color.- 2. The Retinal Processing of Photoreceptor Signals.- 3. Functional Imaging of Cone Photoreceptors.- 4. Cone Opponency: An Efficient Way of Transmitting Chromatic Information.- 5. Psychophysical Correlates of Retinal Processing.- 6. Color Constancy and Contextual Effects on Color Appearance.- 7. Color in the Cortex.- 8. Interactions of Color Vision with Other Visual Modalities.- 9. Computational Modeling of Color Vision.- 10. Color Vision in Clinical Practice.- 11. Evolution of Color Vision.- Index.