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Introduction
Differences in colour vision in the periphery from that in the
fovea have been known for a long time, and a number of studies on
peripheral colour vision have been reported (Ferree and Rand, 1924;
Committee on Colorimetry (OSA), 1953; Moreland and Cruz, 1959;
Boynton et al., 1964; Moreland, 1972; Gordon and Abramov, 1977;
Stabell and Stabell, 1979a; Stabell and Stabell, 1979b; Stabell and
Stabell, 1979c; Uchikawa et al., 1982; Sekiguchi, 1983; Ikeda et
al., 1985; Abramov et al., 1991; Takase and Uchikawa, 1991; Abramov
et al., 1992; Hibino, 1992; Nagy and Doyal, 1993; Nerger et al.,
1995; Takase, 1997; Segawa et al., 1999; Otake and Cicerone, 2000;
Yujiri et al., 2000; Knau and Werner, 2002; Sakurai et al., 2002;
Ayama and Sakurai, 2003; Sakurai et al., 2003; Ayama et al., 2004;
Hamada and Yujiri, 2004; Fujisawa et al., 2004). From the point of
view of practical application, the investigation of the property of
colour perception over the entire visual expanse has importance for
the design of control panels for automobiles, aircraft, trains,
etc., layouts of signals and sign boards on roads or in public
spaces, arrangement of multi-displays in control rooms, and so
on.
Among the literature listed above, several studies have reported
on the colour perimetry, giving a contour map of the identification
(Ferree and Rand, 1924; Committee on Colorimetry (OSA), 1953) or
perceived colour component of colour stimuli covering the entire
visual expanse (Sekiguchi, 1983; Ikeda et al., 1985; Takase, 1997).
However, the classic studies on colour identification are quite old
and details of the experimental conditions and calibration
procedures are not provided, making the data analysis difficult to
follow. In the pioneering work of Ferree and Rand (1924), the
number of observers and the chromaticities of the stimuli are not
stated. In the description of contour lines for basic colours by
the Optical Society of America (Committee on Colorimetry (OSA),
1953), often referred to as "colour zones" in colour vision
textbooks, the definition of "colour zone" was not explicitly
stated, and the experimental conditions were also not clearly
stated. In this report, "colour zone" is defined as a region in the
visual expanse where some function of colour vision is
preserved.
Results of relatively recent studies (Sekiguchi, 1983; Ikeda et
al., 1985; Takase, 1997) are not sufficient to establish reliable
colour zone maps due to the small number of observers used,
although experimental conditions and procedures are described in
detail in these studies. In addition, as some of the literature has
already revealed, the change in colour appearance with retinal
eccentricity depends on the size and luminance level of the
stimulus as well as the surround and adaptation condition (Stabell
and Stabell, 1979a; Ikeda et al., 1985; Abramov et al., 1991;
Abramov et al., 1992; Nagy and Doyal, 1993; Takase, 1997; Yujiri et
al., 2000; Sakurai et al., 2002). Thus, a new reliable database of
colour zones measured using an appropriate stimulus size and
luminance level under an adaptation condition that is applicable to
practical situations in various fields is required. For that
reason, CIE Division 1 established Technical Committee 1-42 to
prepare a Technical Report on colour-appearance zones for coloured
lights in terms of unique hues in peripheral vision.
In conjunction with this Technical Committee, several studies
were published that concerned the change in colour appearance with
eccentricity, expressed by using the concept of unique hue
component (Sakurai et al., 2002; Ayama and Sakurai, 2003; Sakurai
et al., 2003; Ayama et al., 2004). The results showed a similar
decrease in saturation and hue shifts for coloured lights in the
periphery, indicating common characteristics regardless of
differences in the race of the observers and detailed procedure
(Ayama et al., 2004). This report describes the contour maps of
redness, yellowness, greenness and blueness, covering the entire
visual expanse, which show how the perceptual strength of each
unique hue component in a given stimulus changes with eccentricity.
Colour zone maps reported here are based on the results of a study
by Sakurai et al. (2003), because their observations were carried
out over the entire visual expanse.