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color constancy  

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  • We would rather eat a banana that looks yellow than one that looks green because the banana's color appearance carries reliable information about its ripeness. In general, color appearance is a useful percept because it provides reliable information about object identity and state. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Color Constancy]

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