ArticleJournal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision2016
Low levels of specularity support operational color constancy, particularly when surface and illumination geometry can be inferred.
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- Human color constancy based on the geometry of color distributions.Journal of vision · 2021Article
- Specular highlights improve color constancy when other cues are weakened.Journal of vision · 2020Article
- Discrimination of spectral reflectance under environmental illumination.Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision · 2018Article
- The dress and individual differences in the perception of surface properties.Vision research · 2017Article
- Motion of glossy objects does not promote separation of lighting and surface colour.Royal Society open science · 2017Article
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We tested whether surface specularity alone supports operational color constancy-the ability to discriminate changes in illumination or reflectance. Observers viewed short animations of illuminant or reflectance changes in rendered scenes containing a single spherical surface and were asked to classify the change. Performance improved with increasing specularity, as predicted from regularities in chromatic statistics. Peak performance was impaired by spatial rearrangements of image pixels that disrupted the perception of illuminated surfaces but was maintained with increased surface complexity. The characteristic chromatic transformations that are available with nonzero specularity are useful for operational color constancy, particularly if accompanied by appropriate perceptual organization.
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