Definition of Color constancy

1. Noun. The tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions.

Exact synonyms: Colour Constancy
Generic synonyms: Constancy, Perceptual Constancy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Color Constancy

color TV tube
color bar
color bars
color bearer
color blind
color blindness
color by number
color by numbers
color charge
color charges
color chart
color circle
color code
color commentator
color commentators
color constancy (current term)
color coordinate
color coordinated
color coordinates
color coordinating
color fade
color force
color forces
color guard
color in
color line
color of law
color pop
color property
color scheme

Literary usage of Color constancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1922)
"The "color constancy of visual objects," which was explained by Hering mainly upon the basis of contrast, almost certainly involves special cortical or ..."

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