Abstract

The Bezold-Brücke effect (change in hue with luminance) is observed for unrelated colors by techniques such as hue naming. (Boynton & Gordon, 1965; Luria, 1967; Smith, Pokorny & Swartley, 1973). For related colors the phenomenon is seen when a hue match is made between two fields of different brightness, either by presenting the fields at different luminances (Purdy, 1931) or by setting adjacent regions at different luminances to create a darker field by induction (Wildt & Bouman, 1968; Coren & Keith, 1970). There are several studies that suggest that the Bezold-Brücke effect may not occur for related colors embedded in an equal luminance surround (Takahama, Sobagaki & Nayatani, 1978; Bartleson, 1979; Fuld & Otto, 1985). However these studies did not address the issue of the Bezold-Brücke effect specifically.

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