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CHROMATIC COLOUR [7 records]

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Record 1 2002-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

Factors that help maintain colour constancy are chromatic adaptation(a decrease in the sensitivity to certain wavelengths with repeated exposure), the surroundings(colour of an object can be judged, relative to the changes in surroundings) and memory colour(where an objects characteristic colour influences our perception of its colour in other surroundings).

Key term(s)
  • memory colour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-04-22

English

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

A circular diagram for plotting data relative to colour(i. e. hue and grayness) in order to determine the suitability of inks for colour reproduction, e. g. the GATF(Graphic Arts Technical Foundation) chromatic circle.

Key term(s)
  • color circle
  • color disk
  • color disc

French

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

Diagramme qui donne un moyen simple d'exprimer visuellement l'erreur de teinte et le gris des encres colorées, par exemple, le cercle chromatique de Maxwell.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Photography
DEF

A photographic film composed of two sensitive emulsions, each is sensitive to a different color when exposed simultaneously.

CONT

Bipack films were employed in early colour processes to obtain a chromatic selection of the scene being taken. This was achieved by placing one film with orthochromatic emulsion face to face with another coated with panchromatic emulsion. The first film was tinted to act as a selecting filter so that a different region of the spectrum was recorded on each emulsion. Nowadays, the standardization of colour monopack film has made the bipack system obsolete...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Photographie

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

Perceived color possessing a hue. Psychophysical color of greater than zero purity and hence possessing a dominant or complementary wavelength.

OBS

chromatic colour : term standardized by CIE.

Key term(s)
  • chromatic colour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Au sens psycho-sensoriel du terme, couleur perçue possédant une tonalité chromatique. Au sens psycho-physique du terme, couleur dont la pureté n'est pas nulle et possédant, par conséquent, une longueur d'onde dominante (ou complémentaire) dans le cas des pourpres. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

couleur chromatique : terme normalisé par la CIE et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

... attachment for retinoscopes which will place small colour filters over the operator’s eyepiece of the instrument.

OBS

This allows an objective measurement of the chromatic aberrations of the eye utilizing a well known clinical technique. It also allows one to further objectify and hence render more reproducible the measurement of refractive state of the eye by specifying the colour of the light used in the observation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • The Eye
DEF

Perceived colour possessing a hue.

Key term(s)
  • preceived chromatic color

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Oeil
DEF

Couleur perçue possédant une tonalité chromatique.

Key term(s)
  • couleur chromatique

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • The Eye
DEF

Psychophysical colour of greater than zero purity and hence possessing a dominant or complementary wavelength.

Key term(s)
  • psychophysical chromatic color

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Oeil
DEF

Couleur psychophysique dont la pureté n'est pas nulle, et possédant par conséquent une longueur d'onde dominante ou complémentaire.

Spanish

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