IJPAM: Volume 93, No. 3 (2014)
THE MATHEMATICS OF BENHAM'S TOP
Yutaka Nishiyama
Department of Business Information
Faculty of Information Management
Osaka University of Economics
2, Osumi Higashiyodogawa Osaka, 533-8533, JAPAN
Department of Business Information
Faculty of Information Management
Osaka University of Economics
2, Osumi Higashiyodogawa Osaka, 533-8533, JAPAN
Abstract. It is still a mystery why colors emerge from the black and white pattern of Benham's top. After a brief overview of previous research on subjective colors, this article explains the nature of color and how we humans perceive a color. This article also introduces a hypothesis about subjective colors based on neuronal stimulation, the characteristics of sensation, and in particular neural transmission delay.
Received: January 18, 2014
AMS Subject Classification: 92C20, 00A08, 94A02
Key Words and Phrases: Benham's top, subjective color, color, neuron, stimulation and sensation, threshold characteristics and delay
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DOI: 10.12732/ijpam.v93i3.10 How to cite this paper?
Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN printed version: 1311-8080
ISSN on-line version: 1314-3395
Year: 2014
Volume: 93
Issue: 3
Pages: 399 -
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY).
