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[[Image:Bezold Effect.png|frame|right|Demonstration of the Bezold Effect. The red seems lighter combined with the white, and darker combined with the black.]]
 
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The '''Bezold Effect''' is an [[optical illusion]], named after a German professor of meteorology, [[Wilhelm von Bezold]] ([[1837]]-[[1907]]), who discovered that a color may appear different depending on its relation to adjacent colors.  
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The '''Bezold Effect''' is an [[optical illusion]], named after a German professor of meteorology, [[Wilhelm von Bezold]] (1837-1907), who discovered that a color may appear different depending on its relation to adjacent colors.  
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
*Albers, J. ''Interaction of color'': unabridged text and selected plates. 8. ed. Massachusetts: Yale University Press, 1978.<br>
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*Albers, J. ''Interaction of color'': unabridged text and selected plates. 8. ed. Massachusetts: Yale University Press, 1978.<br/>
 
*Echo Productions. ''Wilhelm von Bezold''. Virtual color museum. Available at: [http://www.colorsystem.com/projekte/engl/22beze.htm http://www.colorsystem.com/projekte/engl/22beze.htm].
 
*Echo Productions. ''Wilhelm von Bezold''. Virtual color museum. Available at: [http://www.colorsystem.com/projekte/engl/22beze.htm http://www.colorsystem.com/projekte/engl/22beze.htm].
  

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File:Bezold Effect.png
Demonstration of the Bezold Effect. The red seems lighter combined with the white, and darker combined with the black.

The Bezold Effect is an optical illusion, named after a German professor of meteorology, Wilhelm von Bezold (1837-1907), who discovered that a color may appear different depending on its relation to adjacent colors.

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