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Colour constancy is referred to as the ability of colour vision systems to code object colours so that they are perceived approximately constant despite changes in illumination. This phenomenon has been observed in both vertebrates e.g. man (Land, 1977) and invertebrates e.g. the honeybee (Werner et al., 1988), and is of general importance for investigations on colour coding. Chromatic interactions between different visual field areas were found to be a significant feature of information processing underlying colour constancy in both species.
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Werner, A. (1991). Studies on Colour Constancy in Man using a “Checkerboard - Mondrian”. 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_44
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