If the person then looks at a white[...]

Steven Bleicher

01/01/2012

Eng

If the person then looks at a white or neutral color, the other half of the complement pair will appear or will show up as an afterimage […]. This action is also known as successive contrast. Jasper Johns used this phenomenon in his painting, Flag.

Steven Bleicher, Contemporary Color. Theory & Use, Delmar Cengage Learning, 01/01/2012, Clifton Park (NY)
tipologia Manuali
ambito Arti visive

pp. 72-73

Successive contrast (Eng)

Color Afterimage (Eng), Complementary contrast (Eng), Complements (Eng), Contraste de couleur (Fra), Contraste de ton (Fra), Contraste simultané des couleurs (Fra)

neutral color, white