paracontrast

Etymology

From para- + contrast.

paracontrast means A visual phenomenon where the perceived brightness of a stimulus is reduced when it is preceded by an adjacent visual stimulus. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

noun

A visual phenomenon where the perceived brightness of a stimulus is reduced when it is preceded by an adjacent visual stimulus.“An apparatus for the demonstration of the phenomena of the time relations of visual stimuli, and of meta- and paracontrast.”