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- Title
True color only exists in the eye of the observer.
- Authors
Cornelissen, Frans W.; Brenner, Eli; Smeets, Jeroen
- Abstract
The colors we perceive are the outcome of an attempt to meaningfully order the spectral information from the environment. These colors are not the result of a straightforward mapping of a physical property to a sensation, but arise from an interaction between our environment and our visual system. Thus, although one may infer from a surface's reflectance characteristics that it will be perceived as "colored," true colors only arise by virtue of the interaction of the reflected light with the eye (and brain) of an observer.
- Subjects
COLOR; SENSORY perception; ATOMIC spectra; ECOLOGY; INTERACTION (Philosophy); EYE; BRAIN
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2003, Vol 26, Issue 1, p26
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X03270011