The spectral sensitivity at the opponent stage of the visual system is traditionally measured by a hue-cancellation procedure. Comparison with a direct hue-matching method shows that cancellation overestimates short-wavelength sensitivity by as much as a factor of 30. The observation implies that different mechanisms control the perception of short-wavelength and long-wavelength redness.
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