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COLOR CHARACTERISTIC [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
OBS

Brightness as one of the characteristics of colour: [Within] the set of colour sensations, one of the three characteristics takes a special place; namely, the brightness. While variations of the other two quantities always modify the character of a colour, this is not always the case when the brightness is varied.

Key term(s)
  • color characteristic
  • colour characteristic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Ensemble des critères quantitatifs qui permettent de définir entièrement une réalisation ou un stimulus de couleur à l'aide des conventions CIE et de les reproduire à l'identique au regard de ces mêmes conventions. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

caractéristiques colorimétriques : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • caractéristique colorimétrique

Spanish

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