Mind plays visual tricks on us.

Take for example, building facades.  You look at the building from outside, and the interiors (seen from outside) look quite dark. However, I do archviz and it is an eternal complaint from clients as to why the rooms beyond the windows look black. I have to take them out for a walk or show them actual photographs for them to realize that that in fact is the way they look. But the brain seems to filter this, and automatically "believe" to see it brighter, just as to how we see it when we are inside the buildings.

So at least on my case, I put curtains really near the window, so it doesn't look so dark, or resign myself to add some lighting in the interiors, to satisfy the clients.

Sometimes, I'm just not so sure, and I try to really see for myself some real-world examples. Take pictures, and use them for reference.

Then, you have LDR images vs HDR images,  high end monitors, mortal monitors. And artificial lighting for tv and movies, which look "right", but technically, are completely artificial.

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