dark-adapted

• a word derived from dark adaptation.
  dark adaptation

  noun

  the reflex adaptation of the eye to dim light, consisting of a dilatation of the pupil and an increase in the number of functioning rods accompanied by a decrease in the number of functioning cones (opposed to light adaptation).

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dark-adapted

But he says the bright light from a mobile phone screen can reduce your dark-adapted vision.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Where I used to live in Colorado, I could see mag 5 stars from my driveway after I got dark-adapted, but light pollution from nearby towns made fainter stars invisible.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023

And light has an especially potent effect if your eyes are dark-adapted, as they are if you have been asleep.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023

His goal, as he says, is to capture light as if in a dream: “We come into sunrise with dark-adapted eyes, so we’re more sensitive to light in the morning.”

From New York Times ● May 9, 2013

In other words, the kind of vision that we have when the eye is dark-adapted is totally color-blind.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth

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