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hyperbolic colour

hyperbolic colour noun: the type of colour perceived when a visual afterimage is viewed on a background of the same colour, resulting in a purer perception of that colour than is ordinarily possible to perceive; usually achieved by staring at a shape in one colour (e.g. cyan) for several seconds, and then immediately looking at a background in the opposite colour (e.g. orange), which is the same colour as the resultant afterimage.

Noun

hyperbolic colour (plural hyperbolic colours)

  1. The type of colour perceived when a visual afterimage is viewed on a background of the same colour, resulting in a purer perception of that colour than is ordinarily possible to perceive; usually achieved by staring at a shape in one colour (e.g. cyan) for several seconds, and then immediately looking at a background in the opposite colour (e.g. orange), which is the same colour as the resultant afterimage.

Forms of hyperbolic colour

pluralhyperbolic colours

Origin of hyperbolic colour

From hyperbolic + colour.

Questions about hyperbolic colour

What does hyperbolic colour mean?
Hyperbolic colour means the type of colour perceived when a visual afterimage is viewed on a background of the same colour, resulting in a purer perception of that colour than is ordinarily possible to perceive; usually achieved by staring at a shape in one colour (e.g. cyan) for several seconds, and then immediately looking at a background in the opposite colour (e.g. orange), which is the same colour as the resultant afterimage.
What part of speech is hyperbolic colour?
Hyperbolic colour is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperbolic colour?
The plural of hyperbolic colour is hyperbolic colours.

Words near hyperbolic colour in the dictionary

  1. hyperbolic
  2. hyperbolic angle
  3. hyperbolic angles
  4. hyperbolic color
  5. hyperbolic colors
  6. hyperbolic colour
  7. hyperbolic colours
  8. hyperbolic cosecant
  9. hyperbolic cosine
  10. hyperbolic cosines
  11. hyperbolic cotangent

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