The effect of contrast intensity and polarity in the achromatic watercolor effect

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Cao, Bo ^a   Yazdanbakhsh, Arash ^a,b   Mingolla, Ennio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Filling in; Lightness induction; Surface; Watercolor effect (WCE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL ILLUSION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 79960945349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.3.1     Document Type: Article

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