An Investigation of the Effects of Practice on Color Memory as a Function of Condition, Dimension and Color
Investigations into human memory for color unrelated to a specific object have been sparse. Research concerning memory color on the other hand, has been quite extensive. Color memory and memory color are different concepts, yet they are often confused in the literature. Hering (1961) first evoked the concept of memory color to explain color constancy in perception. He pointed out that the most typical color of an object becomes an integral part of the memory representation for that class of objects and significantly influences our perception of that object’s color. Memory color has since been defined as the color of an object as it is remembered and as it influences the perception of a present color (Siple & Springer, 1983). Color memory, however, refers to the actual memory for color alone, independent of a specific object.