Johnson, Hawken and Shapley investigate color information in primary visual cortex (V1). Contrary to current opinion, they find that many neurons in V1 are highly sensitive to color and that color information is prominently used in the analysis of visual form.
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Gegenfurtner, K. Color in the cortex revisited. Nat Neurosci 4, 339–340 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/85963
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