Photoreception is a type of reception of light detection that lead to vision and depends on specialized light-sensitive cells called photoreceptors, which are located in the eye.
Photoreceptors are the cells in the retina that respond to light. There are 2 types of photoreceptors in the retina namely; rods and cones. The rods photoreceptors detect light and are located in the retina. Cone are photoreceptors that are located in the retina and detect color.