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'''Colour shifting''' can be described as the colours of various objects (particularly brightly coloured out of place objects) becoming subject to an effect that shifts and changes its appearance through a repeated cycling of colours in a strange, fluid motion across its surface. For example, moss on a rock could physically shift from green to red to blue to any other colour and then back to green again in a very short space of time.
{{#ev:gfycat|https://giant.gfycat.com/BelovedLittleIndianskimmer.webm|400x267|right|'''UV Mandala''' by '''[https://www.reddit.com/user/StingrayZ StingrayZ]''' - This image serves as an accurate portrayal of the commonly experienced [[psychedelic]] effect known as [[color shifting]] as seen within a mandala tapestry. There is also a significant amount of [[drifting|visual drifting]].|frame}}
 
'''Color shifting''' is defined as the experience of various objects within the external environment shift and change their color through a continuously repeating cycle that occurs in a fluid motion across the surface of the object.<ref name="KleinmanGillin1977">{{cite journal|last1=Kleinman|first1=J. E.|last2=Gillin|first2=J. C.|last3=Wyatt|first3=R. J.|title=A Comparison of the Phenomenology of Hallucinogens and Schizophrenia From Some Autobiographical Accounts*|journal=Schizophrenia Bulletin|volume=3|issue=4|year=1977|pages=560–586|issn=0586-7614|doi=10.1093/schbul/3.4.560}}</ref> For example, moss on a rock could visibly shift from green to red to blue to any other color and then back to green again in the style of a smooth and seamless animated loop. This effect is particularly strong and likely to occur if the objects original color was bright or out of place.
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File:Shifting_colours.gif|''Flowers'' by [[User:TheReplicator|Chelsea Morgan]]
File:WcYKq.gif|''Painting'' by [[Anonymous]]
File:Americangarden3.jpg|''Garden painting'' by [[Anonymous]]
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'''Click [[Shifting_colours_replication|here]] for a full gallery.'''


Color shifting is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[color enhancement]] and [[color replacement]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of certain [[entactogens]] such as [[MDMA]], [[MDA]], and [[6-APB]].
====Image examples====
{{Gallery|[[Effect::Color shifting]][[Category:Replication]]}}
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===Psychoactive substances===
Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include:
{{#ask:[[Effect::Color shifting]][[Category:Psychoactive substance]]|format=ul|Columns=2}}
===Experience reports===
Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our [[experience index]] include:
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===See also===
===See also===
*[[Responsible use]]
*[[Subjective effects index]]
*[[Subjective effects index]]
*[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]]
*[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]]
*[[Dissociatives#Subjective_effects|Dissociatives - Subjective effects]]
*[[Dissociatives#Subjective_effects|Dissociatives - Subjective effects]]
*[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]]
*[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]]
===External links===
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision Color vision (Wikipedia)]
===References===
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Latest revision as of 20:13, 7 October 2022

{{#ev:gfycat|https://giant.gfycat.com/BelovedLittleIndianskimmer.webm%7C400x267%7Cright%7CUV Mandala by StingrayZ - This image serves as an accurate portrayal of the commonly experienced psychedelic effect known as color shifting as seen within a mandala tapestry. There is also a significant amount of visual drifting.|frame}} Color shifting is defined as the experience of various objects within the external environment shift and change their color through a continuously repeating cycle that occurs in a fluid motion across the surface of the object.[1] For example, moss on a rock could visibly shift from green to red to blue to any other color and then back to green again in the style of a smooth and seamless animated loop. This effect is particularly strong and likely to occur if the objects original color was bright or out of place.

Color shifting is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as color enhancement and color replacement. It is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of psychedelic compounds, such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline. However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of certain entactogens such as MDMA, MDA, and 6-APB.

Image examples


Psychoactive substances

Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:

... further results

Experience reports

Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our experience index include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kleinman, J. E.; Gillin, J. C.; Wyatt, R. J. (1977). "A Comparison of the Phenomenology of Hallucinogens and Schizophrenia From Some Autobiographical Accounts*". Schizophrenia Bulletin. 3 (4): 560–586. doi:10.1093/schbul/3.4.560. ISSN 0586-7614. 
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