BRIGHTNESS CONSTANCY AND THE NATURE OF ACHROMATIC COLORS
BRIGHTNESS CONSTANCY AND THE NATURE OF ACHROMATIC COLORS
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DOI:
10.1037/h0053804
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发表时间:
1948-01-01
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通讯作者:
WALLACH, H
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WALLACH, H
Opaque achromatic surface colors are perceived only when light of different intensity stimulate adjacent areas on the retina. Such colors are" products of an interaction process, which depends on difference in stimulation in at least 2 areas." Thus, a single bright region in an otherwise dark field is perceived as luminous and not as a white or gray surface color." Experiments were conducted in which a circular disk surrounded by a ring of different intensity was observed in a dark room." The colors which come about under these circumstances depend in close approximation on the ratios of the intensities involved and seem independent of the absolute intensity of local stimulation. The region of higher intensity will assume the color white and that of lower intensity will show a gray (or a black) which depends on the intensity ratio of the 2 regions." This dependence of perceived colors on the ratios of stimulus intensities provides an explanation for the constancy of achromatic colors under varying illumination. The fact that complete constancy is usually not obtained in experiments is accounted for by the fact that interaction between more than 2 regions of different stimulus intensity is involved.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)