ResearchColors, shape, material

What color is an apple? What is its shape?

Our geometric view of neural computations suggests thinking of color as a flow, not unlike texture and shading flows:

• Lawlor, M.Holtmann-Rice, D.Huggins, P.Ben-Shahar, O.Zucker, S.Boundaries, Shading, and Border Ownership: a cusp at their interactionJ. Physiol. (Paris)10318 - 362009

The first proposed hue flow is in:

• Ben-Shahar, O.Zucker, S.Hue geometry and horizontal connectionsNeural Networks175-6753-7712004

This takes on a surprising form for color double-opponent flows:

• Alexander, E.Holtmann-Rice, D.Zucker, S.When Shading Flows With Color: grounding shape and material inferenceVision Sciences Society Annual Meeting2013

• Holtmann-Rice, D.Alexander, E.Fleming, R.Zucker, S.When Color Flows With Shading: making depth disappearVision Sciences Society Annual Meeting2013