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COLOR DIFFERENCE SIGNAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Video Technology
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A video color signal created by subtracting luminance and/or color information from one of the primary color signals (red, green or blue).

OBS

In the Betacam color difference format, for example, the luminance (Y) and color difference components (R-Y and B-Y) are derived as follows: Y = 0.3 Red + 0.59 Green + 0.11 Blue; R-Y = 0.7 Red - 0.59 Green - 0.11 Blue; B-Y = 0.89 Blue - 0.59 Green - 0.3 Red

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Signal vidéo couleur obtenu par soustraction de données sur la luminance et/ou la chrominance provenant de signaux d'une des couleurs primaires (rouge, vert ou bleu).

Spanish

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