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


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


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!