Color and gloss constancy under diverse lighting environments
When we look at an object, we simultaneously see how glossy or matte it is, how light or dark, and what color. Yet, at each point on the object's surface, both diffuse and specular reflections are mixed in different proportions, resulting in substantial spatial chromatic and luminance variation...
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2023
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| author | Morimoto, T Akbarinia, A Storrs, K Cheeseman, JR Smithson, HE Gegenfurtner, KR Fleming, RW |
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| description | When we look at an object, we simultaneously see how glossy or matte it is, how light or dark, and what color. Yet, at each point on the object's surface, both diffuse and specular reflections are mixed in different proportions, resulting in substantial spatial chromatic and luminance variations. To further complicate matters, this pattern changes radically when the object is viewed under different lighting conditions. The purpose of this study was to simultaneously measure our ability to judge color and gloss using an image set capturing diverse object and illuminant properties. Participants adjusted the hue, lightness, chroma, and specular reflectance of a reference object so that it appeared to be made of the same material as a test object. Critically, the two objects were presented under different lighting environments. We found that hue matches were highly accurate, except for under a chromatically atypical illuminant. Chroma and lightness constancy were generally poor, but these failures correlated well with simple image statistics. Gloss constancy was particularly poor, and these failures were only partially explained by reflection contrast. Importantly, across all measures, participants were highly consistent with one another in their deviations from constancy. Although color and gloss constancy hold well in simple conditions, the variety of lighting and shape in the real world presents significant challenges to our visual system's ability to judge intrinsic material properties. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:65bd8a11-028a-4b5c-8eae-a281e2e94c8f2023-07-14T11:39:22ZColor and gloss constancy under diverse lighting environmentsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:65bd8a11-028a-4b5c-8eae-a281e2e94c8fEnglishSymplectic ElementsAssociation for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology2023Morimoto, TAkbarinia, AStorrs, KCheeseman, JRSmithson, HEGegenfurtner, KRFleming, RWWhen we look at an object, we simultaneously see how glossy or matte it is, how light or dark, and what color. Yet, at each point on the object's surface, both diffuse and specular reflections are mixed in different proportions, resulting in substantial spatial chromatic and luminance variations. To further complicate matters, this pattern changes radically when the object is viewed under different lighting conditions. The purpose of this study was to simultaneously measure our ability to judge color and gloss using an image set capturing diverse object and illuminant properties. Participants adjusted the hue, lightness, chroma, and specular reflectance of a reference object so that it appeared to be made of the same material as a test object. Critically, the two objects were presented under different lighting environments. We found that hue matches were highly accurate, except for under a chromatically atypical illuminant. Chroma and lightness constancy were generally poor, but these failures correlated well with simple image statistics. Gloss constancy was particularly poor, and these failures were only partially explained by reflection contrast. Importantly, across all measures, participants were highly consistent with one another in their deviations from constancy. Although color and gloss constancy hold well in simple conditions, the variety of lighting and shape in the real world presents significant challenges to our visual system's ability to judge intrinsic material properties. |
| spellingShingle | Morimoto, T Akbarinia, A Storrs, K Cheeseman, JR Smithson, HE Gegenfurtner, KR Fleming, RW Color and gloss constancy under diverse lighting environments |
| title | Color and gloss constancy under diverse lighting environments |
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