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Natural scene statistics as the universal basis of color context effects

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: The color context effects referred to as color contrast, constancy, and assimilation underscore the fact that color percepts do not correspond to the spectral characteristics of the generative stimuli. Despite a variety of proposed theories, these phenomena have resisted explanation in a single principled framework. Using a hyperspectral image database of natural scenes, we here show that color contrast, constancy, and assimilation are all predicted by the statistical organization of spectral returns from natural visual environments.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2036361100

Authors: Fuhui Long, Dale Purves

Institution: Duke University

Language: English

Topic: Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2021656203

FWCI: 1.142

Cites: 25

Cited by: 46

Related to: 10