pattern-induced flicker colours
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Fechner's colours — Also known as subjective colours, illusory colours, and flicker colours. The eponym Fechner s colours refers to the German psychologist Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801 1887), who in 1838 published an account involving the creation of illusory… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Benham's top — Also known as Benham s disk, Benham s wheel, and artificial spectrum top. The eponym Benham s top refers to the British amateur scientist and toymaker Charles Edwin Benham (18601929), who in 1894 published an account in Nature describing a… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Fechner color — is an illusion of color seen when looking at certain rapidly changing or moving black and white patterns. They are also called pattern induced flicker colors (PIFCs). Not everyone sees the same colors.It is most commonly demonstrated with a… … Wikipedia
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