<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Color Vision 2027</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>New Submission
Deadline: </b> November 1st
2026</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This feature issue
will cover both basic-science and applied approaches to the study of color
vision, including perception and psychophysics, physiology and anatomy,
functional imaging, genetics, and color-vision deficiencies. The collection is
intended to attract submissions based on presentations at the 2026 Symposium of
the International Colour Vision Society held in Brighton, UK, 14th-18th August
2026 (<span lang="PT"><a href="https://www.icvs2026.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.icvs2026.org/</span></a></span>). While meeting participants are particularly
encouraged to submit their work, the feature is open to all researchers in
related areas.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All papers must
present original, previously unpublished work, and will be subject to the
normal standards and peer-review process of the journal. To be eligible for
publication, the paper needs to be expanded, revised, and/or refined to add
value to the original conference summary. See Optica Publishing Group’s policy
on expanded conference papers <span lang="PT"><a href="https://opg.optica.org/content/author/portal/item/review-general-policies/#confpapers" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US">here</span></a></span>.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Manuscripts must be
prepared according to the usual <span lang="PT"><a href="https://opg.optica.org/content/author/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US">guidelines for submission to JOSA A</span></a></span> and must be submitted through the <span lang="PT"><a href="https://prism.optica.org/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US">Prism
submission system</span></a></span>. When
submitting, authors should specify that the manuscript is for the "Color
Vision 2027" feature issue (choose from the drop-down menu).</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Feature Editors</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sérgio
Nascimento, <i>University of Minho, Portugal</i> (Lead Editor)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jenny Bosten, <i>University
of Sussex, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">David Foster, <i>The
University of Manchester, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jan Kremers, <i>Friedrich-Alexander
University, Germany</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Jasna
Martinovic, <i>The University of Edinburgh, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Takuma Morimoto, <i>Oxford
University, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Maureen Neitz, <i>University
of Washington, USA</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Neil Parry, <i>The
University of Manchester, UK</i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="PT"> </span></p></div>