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OBJECT COLOR [3 records]

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Record 1 1998-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The attribute by which it seems to transmit or reflect a greater or lesser fraction of the incident light.

Key term(s)
  • lightness of a perceived object colour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Attribut de la sensation visuelle d'après lequel un corps semble transmettre ou diffuser une proportion plus ou moins grande de la lumière incidente.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • The Eye
DEF

the color perceived to belong to an object, resulting from characteristics of the object, of the incident light, and of the surround, the viewing direction and observer adaptation.

Key term(s)
  • perceived object colour
  • object perceived color

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Oeil
DEF

Couleur perçue rapportée à un objet, que cet objet paraisse lumineux ou non par lui-même.

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

color which is perceived as belonging to an object, that is, either to its surface or making up its volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Couleur se manifestant selon le "mode of appearance" dit "d'objet", avec deux cas possibles: couleur de surface et couleur de volume.

Spanish

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