Which term describes the ability to distinguish colors?

• A. Color Perception
• B. Color Discrimination
• C. Color Vision
• D. Color Identification

Answer: (C)

Color vision is the ability to see and distinguish colors. This term covers the whole capacity to perceive hues and tell them apart under different lighting and contexts, because it reflects how the eye’s color-detecting cells (cones) and the brain work together to interpret and differentiate colors.

Color perception focuses more on the sensory experience of color, which can be influenced by lighting and context and doesn’t by itself imply reliable color differentiation. Color discrimination refers to the specific task of telling colors apart, often in tests, but it’s a narrower aspect of the broader ability described by color vision. Color identification involves naming colors, which is just one function within color vision.