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By a simple experiment, the
edges where the folded sides of
palm leaf meet can be
"flattened out" perceptually so
that the surfaces look like as
though they are in the same
plane, and in this way
constancy can be abolished. To
perform this experiment: (1)
close one eye, (2) hold the head
still, and (3) hold up cardboards
to block from view the top and
bottom of the picture, showing
only a middle strip. The change
will be dramatic: what before
looked like different surfaces
now will look like different
shades of green. The results of
this experiment suggest that if
and only if the two regions that
differ in luminance appear to
be in the same plane does the
ratio between them lead to
differing lightnesses. If this is
true, it is clear that luminance
ratio does not so automatically
determine lightness perception
as has been implied.
Experiments by Alan Gilchrist
at Rutgers University have now
established that, when the
regions that form luminance
ratios are in different
perceived planes, even parallel
planes, those ratios will have
little bearing on lightness
perception. Yet, when these
regions are perceived to be
adjacent and in the same plane,
the ratios do govern such
lightness perception. How can
we make sense of these facts?