Journal of Light & Visual Environment
Online ISSN : 1349-8398
Print ISSN : 0387-8805
ISSN-L : 0387-8805
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Color perception in the Ganzfeld
Raiten TAYA
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1985 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 1_41-1_48

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We re-examined Helson’s (1938) complementary color which Cohen’s (1958) subjects could not observe in his partially inhomogeneous Ganzfeld. We found that even in the Ganzfeld similar to Cohen’s, Helson’s complementary color can be seen if several slight changes are made. The color appeared twice, just at the moment of the start of observation and again about a min. later, after which it remained almost constant in our experiment. We found that it is this latter color which corresponds to Helson’s complementary color, and that it is an afterimage color, not a discounted color or a contrast color.
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© 1985 The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan
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