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Bezold effect

optical illusion that a color may appear different depending on its relation to adjacent colors
Event optical_illusion Q1900815
Bezold effect
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Bezold effect

Summary

Bezold effect is an optical illusion[1]. It draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (optical_illusion category, ranking #21 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bezold effect's image is recorded as Bezold Effect.svg[3].
  • Bezold effect's instance of is recorded as optical illusion[4].
  • Wilhelm von Bezold is named after Bezold effect[5].
  • Bezold effect's Commons category is recorded as Bezold effect[6].
  • Bezold effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/049gkz[7].
  • Bezold effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780916866[8].

Why It Matters

Bezold effect draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (optical_illusion category, ranking #21 of 37).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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