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    Area of Science:

    • Visual perception
    • Color science
    • Psychophysics

    Background:

    • Chromatic constancy and lightness constancy are crucial for stable color perception.
    • Understanding the interplay between these constancy mechanisms is essential for visual science.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between chromatic constancy and lightness constancy.
    • To examine the impact of an achromatic frame on these perceptual phenomena.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical computation of cone contrasts.
    • Empirical asymmetric matching experiments.
    • Testing the effect of an achromatic frame around test samples.

    Main Results:

    • Lightness constancy was significantly increased (p<0.001) when samples were outlined by an achromatic frame.
    • Chromatic constancy was significantly reduced (p<0.001) under the same framing condition.
    • Luminance changes are more effectively compensated when the luminance contrast edge is disturbed.

    Conclusions:

    • An achromatic frame enhances lightness constancy by altering luminance contrast cues.
    • The presence of an achromatic frame diminishes chromatic constancy, suggesting a trade-off between mechanisms.
    • Visual perception of surface properties is sensitive to contextual luminance and contrast information.