Abstract
The light that an object reflects towards the eye is the product of surface reflectance and incident illumination. The problem how to decompose that product, and thus separate light from matter, is one of the central issues in the study of the visual system. Research in this area has been boosted by its obvious relevance for machine vision (e.g. Horn, 1985; Hurlbert and Poggio, 1988), but as yet, with only limited success.
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Walraven, J., Benzschawel, T.L., Rogowitz, B.E., Lucassen, M.P. (1991). Testing the Contrast Explanation of Color Constancy. In: Valberg, A., Lee, B.B. (eds) From Pigments to Perception. NATO ASI Series, vol 203. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3718-2_42
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