Is Peripheral Vision in Color?

In this video I discuss peripheral color vision, including the common misconception that peripheral vision is completely black and white. By looking at the distribution of rods and cones throughout the retina, we can see that color vision extends to the far periphery. Next are two demonstrations, one showing that color can be perceived for a large stimulus, and another showing that color detection for a small stimulus is quite poor.

To try the demo, visit www.randomcolour.com on your phone and then try identifying the color from several angles in your far peripheral vision.

For further reading on density estimates, motion detection, and peripheral color detection, see:

Jonas JB, Schneider U, Naumann GO. Count and density of human retinal photoreceptors. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 1992;230(6):505-10.
doi: 10.1007/BF00181769. PMID: 142713

M.P.S. To, B.C. Regan, Dora Wood, J.D. Mollon, Vision out of the corner of the eye, Vision Research, Volume 51, Issue 1, 2011,
Pages 203-214, ISSN 0042-6989
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.11.008.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698910005614)

Tyler, C. W. (2015). Peripheral Color Demo. I-Perception, 6(6). https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669515613671

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