Witzel, Christoph and Franklin, Anna (2014) Do focal colors look particularly “colorful"? Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 31 (4). A365-A374. ISSN 1084-7529

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Abstract

If the most typical red, yellow, green, and blue were particularly colorful (i.e., saturated), they would “jump out to the eye.” This would explain why even fundamentally different languages have distinct color terms for these focal colors, and why unique hues play a prominent role in subjective color appearance. In this study, the subjective saturation of 10 colors around each of these focal colors was measured through a pairwise matching task. Results show that subjective saturation changes systematically across hues in a way that is strongly correlated to the visual gamut, and exponentially related to sensitivity but not to focal colors.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Depositing User:	Anna Franklin
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2014 08:38
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2014 08:38
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/48988

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