Hering image

noun

He·​ring image

ˈhā|riŋ-,

ˈhe|

: a first positive afterimage in a succession of visual afterimages resulting from a brief light stimulus and appearing in the same hue as the original sensation

Word History

Etymology

after Ewald Hering †1918 German physiologist and psychologist

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