Simultaneous Contrast



The round dots are all exactly the same color gray. I merely created the one on the extreme right and then copied it to each of the darker rectangles.

Clearly, the lightness of the background effects the way in which we perceive the center gray dot. This effect is called simultaneous contrast. Again, as can be seen in other demonstrations, the perception of this kind of display is a result of lateral interactions.

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