Time-course analysis of change in display color-appearance based on ambient light change

Abstract

This study investigates the time course of changes in display color appearance according to changes in ambient lighting. Psychophysical experiments were conducted to observe brightness under lighting transitions in illuminance and the perceived white point under lighting transitions in correlated color temperatures. The result shows that significant change in the color appearance occurs immediately after ambient lighting changes. In addition, the initial change in color appearance depends on the lighting transition characteristics. The continuous change in color appearance was observed when ambient lighting was changed to brighter or lower CCT. On the other hand, a significant abrupt change at the initial stage of adaptation was observed when ambient lighting was changed to darker or higher CCT.