title: The role of spatial frequency in color induction.
abstract: Color induction was measured for test and inducing chromaticities presented in spatial square-wave alternation, with spatial frequencies of 0.7, 4.0, 6.0 and 9.0 cpd. Observers matched the test chromaticities to a rectangular matching field using haploscopic presentation. Data were collected and analyzed within the framework of a cone chromaticity space, allowing analysis of spatial frequency effects on post-receptoral spectral opponent pathways. Assimilation, a shift of chromaticity toward the inducing chromaticity, was found at the highest spatial frequency (9.0 cpd). Contrast, a shift of chromaticity away from the inducing chromaticity, occurred at the lowest spatial frequency (0.7 cpd). The spatial frequency at the transition point from assimilation to contrast was near 4 cpd, independent of the cone axis. Assimilation was unaffected by the presence of a neutral surround and could be described by a spread light model. Contrast was reduced in the presence of a neutral surround. The data suggested that retinal contrast signals are important determinants in the perception of chromatic contrast.
authors: Visual Sciences Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. vc-smith@uchicago.edu
authors: V C
authors: VC
authors: Smith
authors: P Q
authors: PQ
authors: Jin
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Pokorny
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008959:Models, Neurological