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Natural Scale of Pure Color.
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While variations from the mean positions of the maxima and minima are not excessive they are so large that a simple average of all the curves would be smoother than any of them. Adjusting the positions of the maxima and minima of each curve to the means, the following data were obtained for the properties of average (of these twelve) eyes.

TABLE II.

Wave Length (μμ) Color Limen (μμ) Sensibility Ordinate Area Color Scale
420 41.0 244 5.45 21.96
425 36.0 278
430 30.0 333 7.51 21.41
435 26.1 384
440 24.7 405 7.55 20.66
445 26.3 380
450 28.5 351 6.90 19.91
455 29.3 341
460 28.8 347 8.00 19.22
465 24.6 407
470 20.6 485 11.60 18.42
475 17.0 588
480 15.2 13.12 17.26
485 14.0 714
490 13.7 14.44 15.95
495 13.7 730
500 14.5 690 12.04 14.50
505 16.5 607
510 19.4 515 8.70 13.30
515 22.9 436
520 27.4 365 6.56 12.43
525 30.9 324
530 32.7 306 6.04 11.77
535 33.4 300
540 32.5 308 6.60 11.17
545 30.3 330
550 27.1 369 8.80 10.51
555 22.7 440
560 19.2 520 11.72 9.63
565 17.1 588
570 15.4 650 13.90 8.46
575 14.3 700
580 13.9 720 14.00 7.07
585 14.1 709
590 15.2 658 11.36 5.67
595 17.3 578
600 22.2 450 7.32 4.53
605 28.2 355
610 22.8 305 5.58 3.80
615 35.6 281
620 37.5 267 5.48 3.24