A first introduction to metamerism art

The human brain recognizes pictures that are first obtained by the photosensitive cells in the retina. Color is a visual perception composed by the stimulus of three kinds of photoreceptors called L, M, and S cones. The human eye often recognizes different spectral distribution as same color since each cone has wide spectral response. This phenomenon is known as metamerism. Our research project aims to innovate a novel form of artistic illusion by fully making use of metamerism. This paper proposes a method which estimates the mixture ratio of paints that can cause metamerism.