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Paper, 'A trichromic case of colour blindness' by F W [Frederick William] Edridge-Green

Reference number: AP/74/11

Date: 1900

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Edridge-Green presents the case study of J C, a 33-year-old man who 'saw three colours in a bright solar spectrum, red, green and violet. The orange and yellow, he saw not as definite colours but as mixtures of red and green.'

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Physiology / Ophthalmology

Received 17 October 1900. Communicated by [Arthur William] Rücker.

A version of this paper was published in volume 76 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Two cases of trichromic vision'.

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AP/74/11
Earliest possible date
1900
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Typescript

Creator name

Frederick William Edridge-Green

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Frederick William Edridge-Green, Paper, 'A trichromic case of colour blindness' by F W [Frederick William] Edridge-Green, 1900, AP/74/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_74_11/paper-a-trichromic-case-of-colour-blindness-by-f-w-frederick-william-edridge-green, accessed on 17 March 2026

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