title: Large shifts in color appearance from patterned chromatic backgrounds.
abstract: The perceived color of a light varies with the background on which it is seen. In the present study, patterned backgrounds composed of two different chromaticities caused larger shifts in perceived color than did a uniform background at either chromaticity within the pattern. Cortical receptive-field organization, but not optical factors or known retinal neurons, can account for the color shifts from patterned backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, 940 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Monnier
authors.forename: Steven K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shevell
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009903:Optical Illusions; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology