Mathematical models are presented which allow one to determine the amo
unt of color perceived by the eye. Known as color vision receptivity i
ndex (CVRI), variations in contrast intensity, receptive frequency fac
tor, and the densities of the transmission media are used as the predi
ctive variables. Using the CVRI model, it is shown that under constant
receptive frequency factor, CVRI only depends on the n-power differen
ces of contrast intensities. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.