Visual Perception

Learn how humans perceive visual stimuli.

Introduction

Visual perception is how humans perceive objects in the surrounding environment using the light reflected by those objects. Visual perception is also known as sight and vision. The information is received by our eyes and then processed by our brains in order to distinguish between similar objects, colors, and relative distances.

Let’s take a closer look at how humans interpret size and depth, color and contrast, and context. All of these play an important role in designing effective interfaces.

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