July 2019
Volume 19, Issue 8
Open Access
OSA Fall Vision Meeting Abstract  |   July 2019
Color and Brightness constancies as functions of saturation
Author Affiliations
  • Adam Reeves
    Psychology Department, Northeastern University
  • Kinjiro Amano
    University of Manchester
Journal of Vision July 2019, Vol.19, 94. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/19.8.94
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      Adam Reeves, Kinjiro Amano; Color and Brightness constancies as functions of saturation. Journal of Vision 2019;19(8):94. https://doi.org/10.1167/19.8.94.

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Abstract

The perceptual constancies, of brightness, shape, color, and size, are thought to be critical for object recognition; objects should in some sense ‘look the same’, even when the conditions of lighting and viewing are altered. Yet the constancies are imperfect, their extent differing over individuals, tasks, and situations. In the case of color constancy, variations are marked, from near zero to near 80% of the ideal, even when the observers are tasked to match object colors rather than lights at the eye (Arend & Reeves, 1986). Is this imperfection just due to random variation, or is there a principled reason? Reeves (2018) argued that as the color of a sample becomes purer, the extent of color constancy should decline, whereas that of brightness constancy should improve, based on an analysis of the underlying physics. We have re-analyzed extensive raw data from color and brightness matches made across differently illuminated ‘Mondrian’ displays by the 20 observers of Foster, Amano & Nascimento (2001), and have found support for both theoretical predictions. Accounts of constancy need to consider sample saturation as well as instructions, even given the inevitable individual differences.

Reeves A. (2018). The dependence of Color Constancy and Brightness Constancy on Saturation. Color Research & Application, 8.
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