Color vision is absent in the dark because low light intensity only breaks down rhodopsin in rods, not iodopsin in cones, and rhodopsin cannot distinguish between different wavelengths of light.
- low light intensity - rhodopsin (rods) breaks down - iodopsin (cones) doesn't - rhodopsin doesn't distingush between wavelengths
| Front | Why don't we see colour in the dark? |
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| Back | - low light intensity - rhodopsin (rods) breaks down- iodopsin (cones) doesn't - rhodopsin doesn't distingush between wavelengths |
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