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Color Spreading, Neon Color Spreading, and Watercolor Illusion

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  1. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Roma 151, 07100, Sassari, Italy

    Baingio Pinna

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Modern, Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  2. School of Design, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Ming Ronnier Luo

  3. Graduate Institute of Colour and Illumination, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

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Pinna, B. (2016). Color Spreading, Neon Color Spreading, and Watercolor Illusion. In: Luo, M.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8071-7_267

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