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noun
The ability of visual system to perceive an object's color as stable and consistent, even when the actual light illuminating it changes dramatically; famously demonstrated with the checker shadow illusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: colour constancy
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Broader terms: constancy, perceptual constancy
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