A Siamese cat was trained to respond to the darker of paired combinations of seven brightness values. Each of these was then paired with four hues, each at three intensity levels. These data produced a psychophysical determination of the apparent brightness of each of the hues. The obtained overlap among the hues demonstrates that discrimination training involving any two of the hues would result in performance only slightly better than chance if that performance were based on a simple brightness habit.
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