The visual ventral system needs to be better understood despite recent technological advancements. The primary visual cortex processes edge-based information and contrast patterns in the human brain, which are heavily studied. However, the nature of non-linearity involved in contrast processing still needs to be discovered. This study aims to determine the type of cells involved in contrast processing and the nature of non-linearity involved. Initially, the VOneNet computational model of V1, among other models of V1, was selected for its performance and interpretability. The model was used to verify the shift-invariance property of Complex Cells and classify a dataset of images labeled based on contrast using features similar to simple cells of V1. The results suggest simple cells with rectified linear activation are responsible for contrast processing. These findings have important implications for understanding the primate visual system and may inform the development of future models.