Also known as the Purkinje shift or phenomenon, this effect occurs when the eye's sensitivity to luminance shifts from red to blue in low light, according to Science News. During a solar eclipse's ...

THE Purkinje shift is the displacement of the maximum sensitivity of the eye towards the blue end of the spectrum at low levels of ambient illumination. It occurs in a wide variety of vertebrates ...

The rapid shift from light to dark causes a drastic shift in the way our eyes view colors, something that typically happens gradually. The Purkinje effect will abruptly cause red shades to look ...