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(2002). Color Vision: How Are Objective Wavelengths of Light Transformed into Secondary Qualities of Percepts Called Colors?. In: Perception of the Visual Environment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21650-2_7
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