Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast


	Color interactions: Simultaneous contrast

mihla

10-21-2007 2:44 PM

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mihla says:

Even eye color can be affected this way. My granddaughter's eyes usually appear blue, but when she wears red, they're emerald green.

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Two colors, side by side, interact with one another and change our perception accordingly. The effect of this interaction is called <EM>simultaneous contrast</EM>. Since we rarely see colors in isolation, simultaneous contrast affects our sense of the color that we see. For example, red and blue flowerbeds in a garden are modified where they border each other: the blue appears green and the red, orange. (This is explained below.) The real colors are not altered; only our perception of them changes. This effect has a simple scientific explanation that we will uncover.
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