hyperbolic colour

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Noun

1. The type of [[colour]] [[perceived]] when a [[visual]] [[afterimage]] is viewed on a background of the same colour, resulting in a [[purer]] perception of that colour than is ordinarily possible to perceive; usually achieved by staring at a shape in one colour (e.g. cyan) for several seconds, and then immediately looking at a background in the opposite colour (e.g. orange), which is the same colour as the resultant afterimage.

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