Geometry of color perception. Part 2: perceived colors from real quantum states and Hering's rebit
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Geometry of color perception. Part 2: perceived colors from real quantum states and Hering's rebit
Abstract
Inspired by the pioneer work of H.L. Resnikoff, which is described in full detail in the first part of this two-part paper, we give a quantum description of the space [Formula: see text] of perceived colors. We show that [Formula: see text] is the effect space of a rebit, a real quantum qubit, whose state space is isometric to Klein's hyperbolic disk. This chromatic state space of perceived colors can be represented as a Bloch disk of real dimension 2 that coincides with Hering's disk given by the color opponency mechanism. Attributes of perceived colors, hue and saturation, are defined in terms of Von Neumann entropy.
Keywords: Color perception; Jordan algebras; Quantum rebit; Quantum states.
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The author declares that he has no competing interests.
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