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


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


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!