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color constancy

color constancy noun: the ability of visual system to perceive an object's color as stable and consistent, even when the actual light illuminating it changes dramatically; famously demonstrated with the checker shadow illusion.

Noun

color constancy (plural color constancies)

  1. The ability of visual system to perceive an object's color as stable and consistent, even when the actual light illuminating it changes dramatically; famously demonstrated with the checker shadow illusion.

Forms of color constancy

pluralcolor constancies

Questions about color constancy

What does color constancy mean?
Color constancy means the ability of visual system to perceive an object's color as stable and consistent, even when the actual light illuminating it changes dramatically; famously demonstrated with the checker shadow illusion.
What part of speech is color constancy?
Color constancy is a noun.
What is the plural of color constancy?
The plural of color constancy is color constancies.

Words near color constancy in the dictionary

  1. color commentaries
  2. color commentary
  3. color commentator
  4. color commentators
  5. color compass
  6. color constancy
  7. color coordinate
  8. color coordinate system
  9. color coordinate systems
  10. color coordinated
  11. color coordinates

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