[Gipsel]

Originally Posted by CarstenS

Everything that's a physically correct reflection shows a color based on the curvature of the reflective surface and the distance of the reflected object. Or do you propose to alter the reflection calculations in raytracing to make them more … dramatic (?) instead of realistic?

No, of course not. The argument goes actually in another direction: As long as the whole picture does not show only (pseudo) random colors, there is inherent locality to exploit.