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Colour Discrimination and Hue

Nature volume 224, pages 366–367 (1969)Cite this article

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DURING two short stays by one of us (T. H.) at the Laboratorium für Farbenmetrik we have measured just noticeable colour differences for pairs of optimal colours, complementary with respect to a white surrounding field. These preliminary observations indicate a correlation between colour discrimination and hue.

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  1. Fysisk Institutt, Universitetet i Oslo,

    TORGER HOLTSMARK

  2. Lab. f. Farbenmetrik, Physikal Institut der Universität Basel,

    ARNE VALBERG

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HOLTSMARK, T., VALBERG, A. Colour Discrimination and Hue. Nature 224, 366–367 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224366a0

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