Citation

Morimoto T, Mizokami Y, Yaguchi H, Buck SL. Iperception 2017; 8(6): e2041669517743522.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/2041669517743522

PMID

29238513

PMCID

PMC5721973

Abstract

There has been debate about how and why color constancy may be better in three-dimensional (3-D) scenes than in two-dimensional (2-D) scenes. Although some studies have shown better color constancy for 3-D conditions, the role of specific cues remains unclear. In this study, we compared color constancy for a 3-D miniature room (a real scene consisting of actual objects) and 2-D still images of that room presented on a monitor using three viewing methods: binocular viewing, monocular viewing, and head movement. We found that color constancy was better for the 3-D room; however, color constancy for the 2-D image improved when the viewing method caused the scene to be perceived more like a 3-D scene. Separate measurements of the perceptual 3-D effect of each viewing method also supported these results. An additional experiment comparing a miniature room and its image with and without texture suggested that surface texture of scene objects contributes to color constancy.

Language: en

Keywords

3-D perception; adaptation; color; constancy; object recognition