What does "color constancy" mean?

The remarkable ability of visual system to perceive an object's color as stable and consistent, even when the actual light illuminating it changes dramatically; famously demonstrated with the checker shadow illusion.

What is a synonym for "color constancy"?

Common synonyms include: color stability, color unchanging, colour constancy, unchanged color.

Color constancy

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Noun

1
The remarkable ability of visual system to perceive an object's color as stable and consistent, even when the actual light illuminating it changes dramatically; famously demonstrated with the checker shadow illusion.
2
the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions wordnet

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color stability color unchanging colour constancy unchanged color

Antonyms

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rapid color change seasonal color change shown color change chromatic shift

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