Chromostereopsis
Sign in to savethumb|Blue–red contrast demonstrating depth perception effects thumb|3 Layers of depths "Rivers, Valleys & Mountains" Chromostereopsis is a visual illusion whereby the impression of depth is conveyed in two-dimensional color images, usually of red–blue or red–green colors, but can also be perceived with red–grey or blue–grey images. Such illusions have been reported for over a century and have generally been attributed to some form of chromatic aberration.
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- History
- Binocular nature of chromostereopsis
- Reversal effect
- Theory
- Stiles–Crawford effect
- Chromatic aberration
- Longitudinal chromatic aberration
- Transverse chromatic aberration
- Implications of chromatic aberrations
- Evolutionary significance
- Methods of testing
- Research
- References
thumb|Blue–red contrast demonstrating depth perception effects thumb|3 Layers of depths "Rivers, Valleys & Mountains" Chromostereopsis is a visual illusion whereby the impression of depth is conveyed in two-dimensional color images, usually of red–blue or red–green colors, but can also be perceived with red–grey or blue–grey images. Such illusions have been reported for over a century and have generally been attributed to some form of chromatic aberration.
Chromatic aberration results from the differential refraction of light depending on its wavelength, causing some light rays to converge before others in the eye (longitudinal chromatic aberration or LCA) and/or to be located on non-corresponding locations of the two eyes during binocular viewing (transverse chromatic aberration or TCA).
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