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


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


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!