How metamer mismatching decreases as the number of colour mechanisms increases with implications for colour and lightness constancy

Alexander D Logvinenko; Brian Funt; Christoph Godau

doi:10.1016/j.visres.2015.05.009

How metamer mismatching decreases as the number of colour mechanisms increases with implications for colour and lightness constancy

Vision Res. 2015 Aug;113(Pt A):65-70. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.05.009. Epub 2015 Jun 6.

Authors

Alexander D Logvinenko¹, Brian Funt², Christoph Godau³

Affiliations

¹ Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Electronic address: a.logvinenko@gcu.ac.uk.
² Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
³ Institute of Printing Science and Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

PMID: 26054251
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.05.009

Abstract

Metamer mismatching has been previously found to impose serious limitations on colour constancy. The extent of metamer mismatching is shown here to be considerably smaller for trichromats than for dichromats, and maximal for monochromats. The implications for achromatic colour perception are discussed.

Keywords: Albedo; Colour; Colour constancy; Lightness; Metamer mismatching.

MeSH terms

Color Perception / physiology*
Humans
Lighting*
Models, Theoretical
Photic Stimulation
Psychophysics