Colour distortions

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There is some discrepancy in the various characteristics of color distortions caused by psychedelic substances, as we only describe one variant (color shifting) which is named ambiguously.

Definitions

  • Shift (move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.)
  • Shifting (changing, especially unpredictably.)

Ambiguity

Though "Shifting" is potentially reasonable, it can give the impression of an element moving position rather than changing in quality. In the following example, "shifting" is used to refer to the misalignment of RGB channels. An experience I have had with a high dose of 2C-C specifically.

Shifting.jpg

We also describe diffraction in an article which appears to represent this quality:

 Caption
4-HO-MPT
TMA-2
25C-NBOH
PRO-LAD
2C-D
Βk-2C-B
DET
25C-NBOMe
Experience: 80mg EPT - Slight improvement
LSM-775
MiPLA
ETH-LAD
Experience:2mg 25C-NBOMe - Experimental trip to test personal limits of NBOMes
Experience: 200µg 1P-LSD (sublingual) + 12mg CBD - The Vortex of Empathy
4-HO-DPT
3C-E
25B-NBOH
Psilocin
4-AcO-MiPT
1cP-MiPLA
4-AcO-DET
1cP-AL-LAD
DOB
Experience:12 mg AMT - Nicely Surprised
Diffraction.jpgDiffraction Shades by capture-life-with-lens.tumblr.com
Methallylescaline
DOI
AL-LAD
Experience:5g Mushrooms - Failed attempt at a Terence Mckenna style trip.
Experience: 80mg EPT - Bummer
MET
TMA-6
4-HO-MiPT
25I-NBOH
3C-P
4-HO-DiPT
MPT
Glare.jpgGlare by Anonymous
Experience:3 Grams of Mushrooms - Reset on my Life, Experiencing Satori and the Cosmic Perspective
25D-NBOMe
DOC
4-AcO-DMT
1P-ETH-LAD
5-MeO-DiPT
Allylescaline
EPT
DOM
Experience:LSA (20 HWBR seeds) – A pleasant adventure with a harsh body load
Experience:75 mg - Good tunes feat. Jeb Bush
PARGY-LAD
25I-NBOMe
Proscaline
4-HO-EPT
Psilocybin mushrooms


There is also a phenomenon called chromatic aberration, caused by distortion of a camera lens, which appears like this:

Chromatic aberration (comparison).jpg

Aberration.gif

Also, as the size of an aperture like the iris increases, diffraction distortions become apparent:

Aperture Sun Flare.jpg

Issue

In our article for color shifting, the images examples we refer to exhibit colors which change in a cyclic nature:

 Caption
Experience:40mg DMT - Second breakthrough
5-MeO-DALT
4-HO-DPT
Experience:LSD (230 ug) - An amazing adventure by vikilikepsych
DOB
LSA
DOI
AL-LAD
4-HO-MiPT
Experience:Mushrooms and Snuff Films -- Trip Report (3.5 grams)
5-MeO-DiBF
Efavirenz
Βk-2C-B
Experience:3.5g psilocybe cubensis - Relinquishing of Material Chains/Fear and Desolation
2C-I
2C-T-21
4-HO-EPT
2C-T-2
1cP-LSD
Experience:DXM & DPH in combination
1B-LSD
ΑMT
WcYKq.gifPainting by Anonymous
5-MeO-DMT
Ayahuasca
Escaline
4-HO-MET
25I-NBOH
ALD-52
Mescaline
5-MeO-MiPT
25D-NBOMe
5-MeO-DiPT
Experience:1000 Morning Glory seeds - Rediscovering the Self
Experience:300µg LSD - Togetherness and the Silent Dusk
4-HO-DiPT
25C-NBOH
MET
Gaboxadol
2C-P
LSM-775
25C-NBOMe
Bufotenin
4-AcO-DET
Colour shifting field.jpgField by Anonymous
Psilocin
TMA-6
2C-T-7
Ibogaine
PARGY-LAD
Psilocybin mushrooms
1cP-AL-LAD
Experience:150mg MDMA + 20mg 2C-B - I designed it this way myself
2C-T
Experience:100ug 1P-LSD - A Fear and loathing into Bliss
DOC
1P-ETH-LAD
3C-E
4-HO-DET
Japanese Maple.jpgJapanese Maple by Anonymous
ETH-LAD
LucytheFairy.gifLucy the Fairy by StingrayZ
4-AcO-DMT
25B-NBOH
25E-NBOH
2C-C
4-AcO-DiPT
Proscaline
Experience:2.5g - Swim's first mushroom trip
Methallylescaline
2C-B-FLY
Flowers by Chelsea Morgan.gifFlowers by Chelsea Morgan
Experience:170mg 4-AcO-DMT - Recklessness rewarded
LSZ
3C-P
25I-NBOMe
Garden Painting by Anonymous.jpgGarden painting by Anonymous
Experience:LSA (20 HWBR seeds) – A pleasant adventure with a harsh body load
PRO-LAD
LSD
DMT
MiPLA
Experience:3 Grams of Mushrooms - Reset on my Life, Experiencing Satori and the Cosmic Perspective
Allylescaline
Amanita muscaria
Experience:4x 200ug tabs - You do not need to understand
Mirtazapine
4-AcO-MiPT
MiPT
1V-LSD
25B-NBOMe
2C-E
DPT
MPT
TMA-2
1cP-MiPLA
2C-D
DET
DOM
2C-B
1P-LSD
4-AcO-MET
4-HO-MPT
Experience:BK-2C-B - Various experiences
Bromo-DragonFLY


Description

Colour shifting can be described as a visual effect in which the colors of various objects (particularly bright or out of place objects) shift and change their appearance through a repeated cycling of varying colors in a strange and fluid motion across their surface. For example, moss on a rock could physically shift from green to red to blue to any other color and then back to green again in the visual style of a smooth and seamless animated loop.

Proposal

I propose that we rename the cycling of colors to one of the following, so that we can also describe other color distortions.

  • Leave as is Colour shifting for historic reasons
  • Colour cycling (move in or follow a regularly repeated sequence of events.)
  • Colour changing (make or become different.)
  • Please add anything else which might be suitable!

With an alternative name we can then describe the misaligned channels effect as something below.

  • Colour dispersion seems most fitting currently wikipedia
  • Colour shifting (changing, especially unpredictably.)
  • Colour displacement (the action of moving something from its place or position.)
  • Colour misalignment (the incorrect arrangement or position of something in relation to something else.)
  • Please add anything else which might be suitable!