Colour vision: Is colour constancy real?
Colour constancy is typically weaker in the laboratory than it seems in our everyday experience. New measurements using real-world stimuli show that colour constancy is in fact almost perfect, and that several different perceptual mechanisms contribute to achieving it.
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Physiological Sciences, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003119:Color Perception Tests / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation