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Chromostereopsis

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Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology

Synonyms

Color stereoscopic effect; Color stereoscopy; Depth in color

Definition

Chromostereopsis refers to a phenomenon of binocular stereopsis that depends on binocular disparity due to the difference in color [1–4]. For example, red and blue on the same surface can appear to lie in different depth planes.

Overview

When the background is black (Fig. 1), the majority of observers see red objects closer to them than blue ones (red-in-front-of-blue observers), while a minority of observers see the reversal (blue-in-front-of-red observers) and the rest do not experience the phenomenon. On the other hand, when the background is white (Fig. 2), the perceived depth order is reversed, and the effect is weaker than when the background is black.

Chromostereopsis, Fig. 1
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Chromostereopsis. For the majority of observers, the inset made up of red random dots appears to be in front of the surround consisting of blue ones. For a minority, the insetappears to be behind the surround. The rest do not...

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Kitaoka, A. (2016). Chromostereopsis. 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_210

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