Self-Assessment Quiz

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The learning objectives of this self-assessment are to help you validate your understanding of the concepts relating to displays and the human perception of color.

The quiz is intended to be a formative assessment to guide your learning. The automated feedback you get at the end of the quiz will point you to the sections of the material you should focus on for better grasp of the concept related to each question.

What is the name given to the color-sensitive cells in the retina? *

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Chomatets

Chromates

Rods

Colorites

Cones

Alpha-cells

Cylinders

How many types of color-sensitive cells do humans with normal color vision have in their retinas? *

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What is another name given to beams of light made up of a single wavelength *

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Monoclones

Spectral Colors

Spectrum Singularities

Mono Anomalies

Hausdorff spaces

In what region of the spectrum have many observers been shown empirically (Wright and Pitt, 1934; Bedford and Wyszecki, 1958) to have more trouble discerning nearby wavelengths? *

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Red and Orange (approximately 650nm and 600nm wavelengths)

Orange (approximately 600nm wavelength)

Green and Indigo (approximately 450nm and 525nm wavelength)

Blue and Red (approximately 480nm and 650nm wavelength)

Red (approximately 650nm wavelength)

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