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The purpose of this communication is to bring to attention a point which does not seem to be generally realized although it is quite simple to prove. If one of a set of three colour-matching stimuli is altered, the distribution curve for that stimulus is not changed, though one or both of the other two distribution curves is altered.
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MARRIAGE, A. Transformation of Trichromatic Distribution Curves. Nature 160, 197–198 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160197b0
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