Medical Term:

successive contrast

 

Definition: the visual effect caused by viewing a brightly colored object and then a gray surface; the latter appears tinged with the complementary color of the object. Viewing a surface colored in the complementary color of the object rather than in gray enhances the color intensity of the surface.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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