Scientific evidence confirms that the human eye is capable of distinguishing colors in the peripheral visual field, although chromatic sensitivity and color saturation decline with increasing retinal eccentricity.
The retrieved papers provide consistent psychophysical and physiological evidence demonstrating that color perception persists in the peripheral retina. Paper [0] directly shows that chromatic detection is possible even at large eccentricities via cone-opponent mechanisms. Paper [2] measures hue and saturation for peripheral color displays, and Paper [4] evaluates color appearance across peripheral retinal locations, confirming that color vision functions outside the fovea although performance declines.