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Falkenberg C, Faul F. The effect of scene articulation on transparent layer constancy. J Vis 2021; 21:16. [PMID: 34550309 PMCID: PMC8475284 DOI: 10.1167/jov.21.10.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
In this article, we examine the influence of scene articulation on transparent layer constancy. We argue that the term articulation may be understood as an aspect of the more general concept naturalness of a stimulus that relates to the degree of enrichment compared with a minimal stimulus and to the extent to which a stimulus contains regularities that are typically found in natural scenes. We conducted two matching experiments, in which we used strongly reduced scenes and operationalized articulation by the number of background reflectances (numerosity). The results of the first experiment show that higher numerosity actually leads to an increase in transparent layer constancy when reflectances are randomly drawn from a fixed population. However, this advantage disappears if the spatial mean and the variation of the subset colors are controlled as in our second experiment. Furthermore, our results suggest that the mechanism underlying transparent layer constancy leads to a rather stable compromise between two matching criteria, namely, proximal identity and constant filter properties according to our perceptual model. For filters with an additive component, which appear more or less hazy, we observed improved recovered filter properties and correspondingly higher degrees of transparent layer constancy, suggesting an additional mechanism in this type of filter.
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- Institut für Psychologie, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Aston S, Radonjic A, Brainard DH, Hurlbert AC. Illumination discrimination for chromatically biased illuminations: Implications for color constancy. J Vis 2019; 19:15. [PMID: 30924843 PMCID: PMC6440550 DOI: 10.1167/19.3.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We measured discrimination thresholds for illumination changes along different chromatic directions starting from chromatically biased reference illuminations. Participants viewed a Mondrian-papered scene illuminated by LED lamps. The scene was first illuminated by a reference illumination, followed by two comparisons. One comparison matched the reference (the target); the other (the test) varied from the reference, nominally either bluer, yellower, redder, or greener. The participant's task was to correctly select the target. A staircase procedure found thresholds for discrimination of an illumination change along each axis of chromatic change. Nine participants completed the task for five different reference illumination conditions (neutral, blue, yellow, red, and green). We find that relative discrimination thresholds for different chromatic directions of illumination change vary with the reference illumination. For the neutral reference, there is a trend for thresholds to be highest in the bluer illumination-change direction, replicating our previous reports of a "blue bias" for neutral reference illuminations. For the four chromatic references (blue, yellow, red, and green), the change in illumination toward the neutral reference is less well discriminated than changes in the other directions: a "neutral bias." The results have implications for color constancy: In considering the stability of surface appearance under changes in illumination, both the starting chromaticity of the illumination and direction of change must be considered, as well as the chromatic characteristics of the surface reflectance ensemble. They also suggest it will be worthwhile to explore whether and how the human visual system has internalized the statistics of natural illumination changes.
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- Stacey Aston
- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Current address: Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Current address: Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, UK
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Garcia JE, Hung YS, Greentree AD, Rosa MGP, Endler JA, Dyer AG. Improved color constancy in honey bees enabled by parallel visual projections from dorsal ocelli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:7713-7718. [PMID: 28673984 PMCID: PMC5530676 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703454114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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How can a pollinator, like the honey bee, perceive the same colors on visited flowers, despite continuous and rapid changes in ambient illumination and background color? A hundred years ago, von Kries proposed an elegant solution to this problem, color constancy, which is currently incorporated in many imaging and technological applications. However, empirical evidence on how this method can operate on animal brains remains tenuous. Our mathematical modeling proposes that the observed spectral tuning of simple ocellar photoreceptors in the honey bee allows for the necessary input for an optimal color constancy solution to most natural light environments. The model is fully supported by our detailed description of a neural pathway allowing for the integration of signals originating from the ocellar photoreceptors to the information processing regions in the bee brain. These findings reveal a neural implementation to the classic color constancy problem that can be easily translated into artificial color imaging systems.
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- Jair E Garcia
- Bio-Inspired Digital Sensing Laboratory, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- National Vision Research Institute, Australian College of Optometry, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia
- Eccles Institute for Neuroscience, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
- Australian Research Council, Centre for Excellence for Integrative Brain Function, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia
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- Bio-Inspired Digital Sensing Laboratory, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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Zeki S, Cheadle S, Pepper J, Mylonas D. The Constancy of Colored After-Images. Front Hum Neurosci 2017; 11:229. [PMID: 28539878 PMCID: PMC5423953 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We undertook psychophysical experiments to determine whether the color of the after-image produced by viewing a colored patch which is part of a complex multi-colored scene depends on the wavelength-energy composition of the light reflected from that patch. Our results show that it does not. The after-image, just like the color itself, depends on the ratio of light of different wavebands reflected from it and its surrounds. Hence, traditional accounts of after-images as being the result of retinal adaptation or the perceptual result of physiological opponency, are inadequate. We propose instead that the color of after-images is generated after colors themselves are generated in the visual brain.
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- Semir Zeki
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, University College LondonLondon, UK
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Morimoto T, Fukuda K, Uchikawa K. Effects of surrounding stimulus properties on color constancy based on luminance balance. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2016; 33:A214-A227. [PMID: 26974926 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.33.00a214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The visual system needs to discount the influence of an illuminant to achieve color constancy. Uchikawa et al. [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A29, A133 (2012) showed that the luminance-balance change of surfaces in a scene contributes to illuminant estimation; however, its effect was substantially less than the chromaticity change. We conduct three experiments to reinforce the previous findings and investigate possible factors that can influence the effect of luminance balance. Experimental results replicate the previous finding; i.e., luminance balance makes a small, but significant, contribution to illuminant estimation. We find that stimulus dimensionality affects neither the degree of color constancy nor the effect of luminance balance. Unlike chromaticity-based color constancy, chromatic variation does not influence the effect of luminance balance. It is shown that luminance-balance-based estimation of an illuminant performs better for scenes with reddish or bluish surfaces. This suggests that the visual system exploits the optimal color distribution for illuminant estimation [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, A133(2012)].
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Foster DH, Amano K, Nascimento SMC. Time-lapse ratios of cone excitations in natural scenes. Vision Res 2015; 120:45-60. [PMID: 25847405 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The illumination in natural environments varies through the day. Stable inferences about surface color might be supported by spatial ratios of cone excitations from the reflected light, but their invariance has been quantified only for global changes in illuminant spectrum. The aim here was to test their invariance under natural changes in both illumination spectrum and geometry, especially in the distribution of shadows. Time-lapse hyperspectral radiance images were acquired from five outdoor vegetated and nonvegetated scenes. From each scene, 10,000 pairs of points were sampled randomly and ratios measured across time. Mean relative deviations in ratios were generally large, but when sampling was limited to short distances or moderate time intervals, they fell below the level for detecting violations in ratio invariance. When illumination changes with uneven geometry were excluded, they fell further, to levels obtained with global changes in illuminant spectrum alone. Within sampling constraints, ratios of cone excitations, and also of opponent-color combinations, provide an approximately invariant signal for stable surface-color inferences, despite spectral and geometric variations in scene illumination.
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- David H Foster
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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- Centre of Physics, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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Allred SR, Olkkonen M. The effect of background and illumination on color identification of real, 3D objects. Front Psychol 2013; 4:821. [PMID: 24273521 PMCID: PMC3823087 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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For the surface reflectance of an object to be a useful cue to object identity, judgments of its color should remain stable across changes in the object's environment. In 2D scenes, there is general consensus that color judgments are much more stable across illumination changes than background changes. Here we investigate whether these findings generalize to real 3D objects. Observers made color matches to cubes as we independently varied both the illumination impinging on the cube and the 3D background of the cube. As in 2D scenes, we found relatively high but imperfect stability of color judgments under an illuminant shift. In contrast to 2D scenes, we found that background had little effect on average color judgments. In addition, variability of color judgments was increased by an illuminant shift and decreased by embedding the cube within a background. Taken together, these results suggest that in real 3D scenes with ample cues to object segregation, the addition of a background may improve stability of color identification.
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- Sarah R Allred
- COVI Research Lab, Department of Psychology, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey Camden, NJ, USA
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Thoreson WB, Mangel SC. Lateral interactions in the outer retina. Prog Retin Eye Res 2012; 31:407-41. [PMID: 22580106 PMCID: PMC3401171 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2012.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lateral interactions in the outer retina, particularly negative feedback from horizontal cells to cones and direct feed-forward input from horizontal cells to bipolar cells, play a number of important roles in early visual processing, such as generating center-surround receptive fields that enhance spatial discrimination. These circuits may also contribute to post-receptoral light adaptation and the generation of color opponency. In this review, we examine the contributions of horizontal cell feedback and feed-forward pathways to early visual processing. We begin by reviewing the properties of bipolar cell receptive fields, especially with respect to modulation of the bipolar receptive field surround by the ambient light level and to the contribution of horizontal cells to the surround. We then review evidence for and against three proposed mechanisms for negative feedback from horizontal cells to cones: 1) GABA release by horizontal cells, 2) ephaptic modulation of the cone pedicle membrane potential generated by currents flowing through hemigap junctions in horizontal cell dendrites, and 3) modulation of cone calcium currents (I(Ca)) by changes in synaptic cleft proton levels. We also consider evidence for the presence of direct horizontal cell feed-forward input to bipolar cells and discuss a possible role for GABA at this synapse. We summarize proposed functions of horizontal cell feedback and feed-forward pathways. Finally, we examine the mechanisms and functions of two other forms of lateral interaction in the outer retina: negative feedback from horizontal cells to rods and positive feedback from horizontal cells to cones.
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- Wallace B. Thoreson
- Departments of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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Vanleeuwen MT, Joselevitch C, Fahrenfort I, Kamermans M. The contribution of the outer retina to color constancy: a general model for color constancy synthesized from primate and fish data. Vis Neurosci 2007; 24:277-90. [PMID: 17592668 DOI: 10.1017/s0952523807070058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Accepted: 01/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Color constancy is one of the most impressive features of color vision systems. Although the phenomenon has been studied for decades, its underlying neuronal mechanism remains unresolved. Literature indicates an early, possibly retinal mechanism and a late, possibly cortical mechanism. The early mechanism seems to involve chromatic spatial integration and performs the critical calculations for color constancy. The late mechanism seems to make the color manifest. We briefly review the current evidence for each mechanism. We discuss in more detail a model for the early mechanism that is based on direct measurements of goldfish outer retinal processing and induces color constancy and color contrast. In this study we extrapolate this model to primate retina, illustrating that it is highly likely that a similar mechanism is also present in primates. The logical consequence of our experimental work in goldfish and our model is that the wiring of the cone/horizontal cell system sets the reference point for color vision (i.e., it sets the white point for that animal).
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- M T Vanleeuwen
- Retinal Signal Processing, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Romney AK, Fulton JT. Transforming reflectance spectra into Munsell color space by using prime colors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:15698-703. [PMID: 17030816 PMCID: PMC1622884 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607488103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Independent researchers have proved mathematically that, given a set of color-matching functions, there exists a unique set of three monochromatic spectral lights that optimizes luminous efficiency and color gamut. These lights are called prime colors. We present a method for transforming reflectance spectra into Munsell color space by using hypothetical absorbance curves based on Gaussian approximations of the prime colors and a simplified version of opponent process theory. The derived color appearance system is represented as a 3D color system that is qualitatively similar to a conceptual representation of the Munsell color system. We illustrate the application of the model and compare it with existing models by using reflectance spectra obtained from 1,269 Munsell color samples.
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- A Kimball Romney
- School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5100, USA.
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Romney AK, D'Andrade RG. Modeling lateral geniculate nucleus cell response spectra and Munsell reflectance spectra with cone sensitivity curves. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:16512-7. [PMID: 16263925 PMCID: PMC1283460 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0508172102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We find that the cell response spectra of lateral geniculate nucleus cells, as well as the reflectance spectra of Munsell color chips, may be modeled by using the cone sensitivity functions of the long and medium cones. We propose a simple model for how the neural signals from the photoreceptors might be combined in the retina to closely approximate the reflectance spectra of Munsell color chips without input from the short cone.
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- A Kimball Romney
- School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5100, USA.
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Ekroll V, Faul F, Niederée R. The peculiar nature of simultaneous colour contrast in uniform surrounds. Vision Res 2004; 44:1765-86. [PMID: 15135993 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2003] [Revised: 02/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We present evidence from asymmetric colour matching experiments which strongly suggests that uniform surrounds evoke induction effects of a very peculiar nature, not representative of colour induction effects in variegated surrounds. Given the widespread use of uniform surrounds in studies of colour vision, this finding is of interest in relation to a number of current research issues, such as contrast coding of colour, functionally equivalent surrounds and colour constancy. A framework that systematises the seemingly complex colour appearance changes induced by uniform surrounds is presented and its implications are discussed.
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- Vebjørn Ekroll
- Institut für Psychologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 62, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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