The Real Effect of Warm-Cool Colors

Authors

Reynold J. Bailey, Washington University in St Louis
Cindy M, Grimm, Washington University in St Louis
Chris Davoli, Washington University in St Louis

Document Type

Technical Report

Department

Computer Science and Engineering

Publication Date

2006-01-01

Filename

wucse-2006-17.pdf

Technical Report Number

WUCSE-2006-17

Abstract

The phenomenon of warmer colors appearing nearer in depth to viewers than cooler colors has been studied extensively by psychologists and other vision researchers. The vast majority of these studies have asked human observers to view physically equidistant, colored stimuli and compare them for relative depth. However, in most cases, the stimuli presented were rather simple: straight colored lines, uniform color patches, point light sources, or symmetrical objects with uniform shading. Additionally, the colors used were typically highly saturated. Although such stimuli are useful in isolating and studying depth cues in certain contexts, they leave open the question of whether the human visual system operates similarly for realistic objects. This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to explore the color-depth relationship for realistic, colored objects with varying shading and contours

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7736P3B

Recommended Citation

Bailey, Reynold J.; Grimm, Cindy M,; and Davoli, Chris, "The Real Effect of Warm-Cool Colors" Report Number: WUCSE-2006-17 (2006). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/166