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ANALOGOUS COLOUR [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
CONT

Related colours are called analogous colours and are often used to convey a certain mood or feeling.

Key term(s)
  • analogous colour
  • analogous color

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
CONT

[Série de couleurs] consécutives, ou côte à côte dans le cercle chromatique.

Key term(s)
  • couleur analogue

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
OBS

Quantity P as defined by the relation "P equals(A-B)/(C-B) ", where A is one of the chromaticity coordinates of the considered colour stimulus, B is the analogous chromaticity coordinate of the specified achromatic light stimulus, and C is the analogous chromaticity coordinate of the monochromatic light stimulus having the same wavelength as the dominant wavelength of the considered colour stimulus(cf. CIEVO 1970, p. 63).

OBS

excitation purity: term standardized by CIE.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Dans un système trichromatique donné rapporté au point achromatique spécifié A, rapport des rayons vecteurs issus de A et ayant respectivement pour extrémités les points de couleur du stimulus donné et de la radiation dominante correspondante [lambda]. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

pureté d'excitation : terme normalisé par la CIE et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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