title: The perception of depth contours with yellow goggles.
abstract: The ability of subjects to discriminate the depth of depressions in the snow was conducted at a cross-country ski area. The percentage of correct judgments on an overcast day was significantly greater with yellow goggles than with luminance-matched neutral goggles. This experiment, suggested by the chromatic-achromatic theory of color vision, indicates why yellow goggles are popular despite many previous unsuccessful attempts to prove their effectiveness.
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception; D003867:Depth Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005135:Eye Protective Devices; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D011482:Protective Devices