Number of perceptually distinct surface colors in natural scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Marín Franch, Iván ^a   Foster, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color constancy; Entropy; Information theory; Natural scenes; Object color solid; Perceptible differences; Surface color

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; ENTROPY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; ENTROPY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77957885640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.9.9     Document Type: Article

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