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NEGATIVE AFTERIMAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

Afterimage in which the lightness relationship is reversed; if chromatic, it appears in complementary color.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Image consécutive présentant une inversion de luminance par rapport au stimulus (les plages sombres du stimulus apparaissent lumineuses et inversement).

OBS

La couleur de l'image est complémentaire de celle du stimulus.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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