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To determine: How the additional kinds of cones influence the color vision.

Introduction: The photoreceptor cells in the vertebrate retina are of two types, namely, rods and cones. Cones are accountable for sharpness as well as color vision and there are three kinds of cones in humans. On the other hand, rods are accountable for black-and-white vision when there is a dim illumination.

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