Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: colour constancy
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: color constancy)
  1. The tendency for a colour to look the same under widely different viewing conditions
    "colour constancy allows us to perceive a red apple as red whether it's in daylight or artificial light";
    - color constancy [US]

Derived forms: colour constancies

Type of: constancy, perceptual constancy

Encyclopedia: Colour constancy