William David Wright (1906–1997) was an English physicist who specialised in colour vision.

[1] He was known for his contribution to measuring the colours of the spectrum by adding different beams of red, green and blue lights together.

[2] This study together with the similar study conducted by John Guild forms the basis of the international standard for colour measurement.

[1] Wright earned his BSc in 1928 and his PhD in 1930 from Imperial College London.

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