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COLOR TRIANGLE [2 records]

Record 1 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

A plane diagram formed by plotting one of the three chromaticity coordinates against another.

OBS

It is used for plotting light sources rather than surface colours.

Key term(s)
  • color triangle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Diagramme plan présentant les résultats de mélanges de stimuli colorés, chaque chromaticité étant représentée par un point unique.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Key term(s)
  • diagramme colorimétrique
  • diagramme chromatique
  • triangle chromatique

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
OBS

The colour triangle is a diagram developed by the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation for plotting data relative to colour (i.e. hue and grayness) in order to determine the suitability of inks for colour reproduction. Although both the colour triangle and the colour circle serve the same purpose, the advantage of the triangle is that the mixture of two colours falls on a straight line joining the two colours, whereas on the circle the lines are curved.

OBS

The triangle has also been modified so that masking percentages for photography can be read directly from the triangle. Masking percentages can also be derived from the circle, but a specific template must be used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
OBS

Le triangle chromatique donne un moyen simple d'exprimer visuellement l'erreur de teinte et le gris des encres colorées.

Spanish

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