Douglas looks at a large field of densely packed sunflowers. He notices that the heads of the sunflowers appear to get smaller the farther away they are from his eyes. The depth cue that Douglas perceives is called:
A) the texture gradient.
B) linear perspective.
C) familiar size.
D) relative size.

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The texture gradient is a depth cue that refers to the way the texture of a surface appears to become denser and finer as distance from the observer increases. In the context of the sunflower field, the heads of the sunflowers appear smaller as they get farther away, illustrating the texture gradient effect.

Douglas Looks at a Large Field of Densely Packed Sunflowers