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Colour illusion and evidence for interaction between cone mechanisms

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IF one adapts the eye for several minutes to a yellow field of 700 cd m−2 and then looks at a small blue target, the latter appears green for 2 or 3 s. Target and field can be provided conveniently by Wratten 12 and Illford 622 filters respectively. But the effect fails not only if the adapting field is too dim, but also if it is too bright.

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MOLLON, J., POLDEN, P. Colour illusion and evidence for interaction between cone mechanisms. Nature 258, 421–422 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258421a0

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