One corollary of this assumption is that achromatic colors, or perceived grey shades, are contained in a one-dimensional (1-D) space varying from bright to dark.
The results of many previous psychophysical studies suggest, by contrast, that achromatic colors are represented as points in a color space composed of two or more perceptual dimensions. The nature of these perceptual dimensions, however, presently remains unclear.
In a new study, publishing in PLoS Computational Biology on October 19, 2007, researchers Vladusich, Lucassen and Cornelissen from the University of Groningen and the Department of Human Interfaces, of the Netherlands, provide evidence that brightness and darkness form the dimensions of a two-dimensional (2-D) achromatic color space.
This color space may play a role in the representation of object surfaces viewed against natural backgrounds, which simultaneously induce both brightness and darkness signals. The researchers’ 2-D model generalizes to the chromatic dimensions of color perception, indicating that redness and greenness (blueness and yellowness) also form perceptual dimensions. Collectively, these findings suggest that human color space is composed of six dimensions, rather than the conventional three.
Andrew Hyde | Source: alphagalileo
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