p110fig03.32 Claude Monet's painting of <I>Poppies Near Argenteuil</i>. See the text for details.<BR>|| Claude Monet <I>Poppies Near Argenteuil</i> 1873. p110c2h0.35 "... the red poppies and the green field around them are painted to have almost the same luminescence; that is, they are almost <I>equiluminant</i>. As a result, the boundaries between the red and green regions are weak and positionally unstable, thereby facilitating an occasional impression of the poppies moving in a gentle breeze, especially as one's attention wanders over the scene. ...".