background adaptation visually-mediated background adaptation https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/20524 Any process in which an organism changes its pigmentation (lightening in response to a brighter environment or darkening in response to a dimmer environment) in response to a change in light intensity detected by melanopsin-expressing eye cells. biological_process GO:0120303 krc 2021-02-09T18:35:11Z