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Purkinje effect
  ا ُسکر ِ پورکین‌ی  
oskar-e Purkinje
Fr.: effect Purkinje  

The increasing sensibility of the retina for light of shorter wavelength as the brightness decreases. In those conditions red objects are perceived to fade faster than blue objects of the same brightness.

See also: Named after the Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkynne (1787-1869), who discovered the effect; → effect.