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Table 1 The broadly estimated chromatic (unitless) and achromatic (Michelson) contrast of model spider morphs against their backgrounds in all experiments, as modelled according to the visual systems of D. melanogaster and M. domestica (Additional file 1)

From: Colour polymorphic lures exploit innate preferences for spectral versus luminance cues in dipteran prey

  

Experiments 1–3

Experiment 4

viewer

model

chromatic

achromatic

chromatic

achromatic

D. melanogaster

white

0.35

0.67

0.37

0.39

yellow

0.38

0.42

0.43

0.21

M. domestica

white

0.37

0.71

0.40

0.45

yellow

0.39

0.45

0.48

0.23