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Constant hue bands in boundary colors discovered using a new appearance model
Author(s) -
Adams Louis W.,
Jennings Carl
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
color research and application
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1520-6378
pISSN - 0361-2317
DOI - 10.1002/col.21871
Subject(s) - magenta , cyan , hue , chromaticity , optics , achromatic lens , color space , boundary (topology) , visible spectrum , constant (computer programming) , spectral color , mathematics , physics , color model , materials science , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , computer science , image (mathematics) , programming language , inkwell , composite material
Boundary colors are observed when light from a scene is dispersed by a prism or diffraction grating. We discovered that patterns with repeating black and white stripes can produce repeating bands of boundary colors with two hues. These hues are virtually constant as measured by chromaticity or CIELAB. We found seven cases of this kind using a new appearance model for boundary colors. The model correctly predicts that green and magenta bands recur as stripe widths and dispersion strength vary. The first green/magenta case in the sequence traces out an accurate ellipse in XYZ color space. Green and magenta bands are prominent in supernumerary rainbows and interference rings, and we explain why that might be the case. The explanation is based on an interesting property of the visible spectrum. In addition to the green/magenta cases, the other cases are orange/cyan, yellowish‐green/purple, and yellow/violet. The success of the boundary color appearance model implies that bands are perceived as if the wavelength responses of the cones were essentially independent, which contradicts the actual behavior of cones. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 40, 135–146, 2015