Reddish Green

The following figure is from “REDDISH GREEN: A CHALLENGE FOR MODAL CLAIMS ABOUT PHENOMENAL STRUCTURE” by Martine Nida-Rumelin & Juan Suarez (link to pdf) and reproduces stimuli utilized in experiments in which paradoxical visual experiences were induced, such as experiences of a single color patch being colored reddish green.

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Some subjects report “seeing a homogeneous color phenomenally composed of red and green whose components are as clear and as compelling as the red and blue components of a purple.”

The phenomenon is induced by presenting equilluminant colored stripes in images stabilized via use of an eye-tracker. The experiments reported are from Billock et al. which reproduce experiments from Crane and Piantanida.

See:

Billock, V. A., Gleason, G. A., & Tsou, B. H. (2001). “Perception of forbidden colors in retinally stabilized equiluminant images: an indication of softwired cortical color opponency?” J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis, 18(10), 2398-403.

Crane, H. D., & Piantanida, T. P. (1983). “On Seeing Reddish Green and Yellowish Blue.” Science, 221(4615), 1078-1080.

See also my “Hyperbolic Mary

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