Brightness Constancy

Brightness Constancy is how we perceive an object as having a constant lightness even while its illumination may change. The light that we perceive also depends on relative luminance which is the amount of light an object reflects relative to its surroundings. For example when the sun shines on the flowers we still see it as the same color as when there is no light shining on them.

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