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Color Adaptation: Sensitivity, Contrast, After-images

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Visual Psychophysics

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1536,volume 7 / 4))

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This chapter deals with the problems of chromatic adaptation and its mechanisms. In our analysis of chromatic adaptation and its use to reveal specific properties of the mechanism of color vision, we shall discuss sensitivity changes, contrast effects and after-images. Despite the intrinsic interest of each of these topics, we are not here concerned with a detailed and comprehensive description of the multiplicity of visual effects conventionally grouped under the separate rubrics, contrast, after-images, etc.

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Jameson, D., Hurvich, L.M. (1972). Color Adaptation: Sensitivity, Contrast, After-images. In: Jameson, D., Hurvich, L.M. (eds) Visual Psychophysics. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88658-4_22

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