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COLOUR COMPOSITION [11 records]

Record 1 2025-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
OBS

It describes the attributes of a food that influence its value and that make it acceptable or desirable for the consumer.

OBS

This includes : size, shape, colour, texture, flavour, food composition(ingredients and nutrients), as well as the way food is produced or processed(i. e. "organic, ""cage free, ""without antibiotics"). This includes negative attributes such as spoilage, contamination with filth, discolouration, off-odours and positive attributes such as the origin, colour, flavour, texture and processing method of the food.

Key term(s)
  • SUSTAGRIDUR2025

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
CONT

La qualité des aliments englobe les aspects allant de la composition des produits jusqu'à la perception du consommateur.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

A measure of the climate of a growing region calculated by adding the mean temperatures for each day (minus a base temperature) over a growing season.

CONT

Grapes begin their growth cycle in the spring when average daily temperature is about 10 °C(50 °F). To reach maturity, they require a certain amount of heat above 10 °C during the growing season. This amount of heat, called the heat summation, is calculated by totalling the number of degrees of average daily temperature over 10 °C for each day of the growing season. A heat summation of about 1, 800 is required for successful growth. If the heat summation is less than required, the grapes will not ripen; they will reach the end of the growing season with insufficient sugar and too much acidity.... Where the heat summation is much greater than required,... the grapes mature earlier and with less acidity and colour than those produced under cooler conditions. Factors influencing the heat summation of a vineyard and, therefore, grape composition include exposure... air drainage..., soil temperature(above 10 °C during the growing season), and soil moisture content...

OBS

For grapes, the base temperature is 50 degrees F (10 °C).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

L'université de Davis a défini, à la suite de relevés effectués entre 1950 et 1960, cinq zones départageant climatiquement le vignoble californien. Ces zones ont été déterminées à partir de la somme des températures en degrés-jours relevées pendant la période de végétation, l'objectif étant au départ de permettre aux nouveaux vignerons de retenir un encépagement favorable au contexte climatique.

CONT

De nombreuses études ont démontré que l'apparition des différents stades de développement de la vigne est fortement dépendante de la température [...] La température cumulée par la plante constitue un temps thermique lequel est exprimé en fonction de la somme de degrés-jours (DJ) calculés à partir des températures journalières et diminuées de la température physiologique de base de 10 °C, au-dessous de laquelle la croissance de la vigne est inhibée [...]

Key term(s)
  • somme de degrés jours
  • somme des températures en degrés jours

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A remote-sensing term referring to the process of assigning different colours to different spectral bands.

CONT

The image processing consisted in generating intensity images and one coherence image. To facilitate their analysis and interpretation, a coloured composition has been created with the results. This composition is obtained by adding the coherence image in red, the average of both images phase intensities in green and the difference between these phase intensities in blue. As such, a high coherence level (value close to 1) appears in red and indicates a very good phase correlation between the two images, a consequence of the various mechanisms of radar signal scattering and of the lack of change which could affect the target. On the contrary, a weak coherence level (value tending to 0) appears in black and indicates a movement in these zones during the 24 hours interval which separated the two image shots. Lastly, the white spots correspond to areas with a strong radar signal backscattering i.e. with zones of hills or vegetation.

Key term(s)
  • color composition
  • colored composition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
CONT

Dans les systèmes de télédétection, nous avons vu qu'il est possible de détecter et d'enregistrer des parties du spectre électromagnétique qui ne sont pas décelables à l'oeil nu, comme l'infrarouge par exemple. Pour pouvoir visualiser cette information, on associe aux bandes spectrales du système d'observation des couleurs d'affichage (rouge-vert-bleu), qui ne leur correspondent pas nécessairement. Ce faisant, on crée des compositions colorées [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

... it is usual to start with two halves of the comparison field which not only look the same but which are completely equal as regards spectral composition and luminance. Then the amount by which one of the two has to be altered to create a just visible difference in colour is determined. In the literature this just-noticeable colour difference(abbreviated to j. n. c. d. by Wright) has various names...

Key term(s)
  • just-noticeable color difference
  • color difference threshold
  • jncd

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Plus petite différence de couleur perceptible à l'œil. [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

seuil différentiel : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
CONT

The composition of a Colour party carrying one Colour... shall be : a. Colour officer-one junior officer... and b. Colour escorts-two sergeants(or below, if necessary) ;c. Colour orderly(corporal, drummer or private).

OBS

colour party: usually written "Colour party" in Canadian Forces documents.

Key term(s)
  • color party

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
CONT

La garde de drapeau consacré pour un seul drapeau consacré [...] comprend : a. le porte-drapeau consacré - un officier subalterne [...]; et b. l'escorte du drapeau consacré - deux sergents (ou deux militaires d'un grade inférieur); c. un planton (caporal, tambour ou soldat).

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

Said of a vein, sediment, or other deposit having alternating layers of ore that differ in colour or texture and that may or may not differ in mineral composition.

CONT

In the British Pennines, vein orebodies with ribbon ore shoots occupying normal faults are the main deposit type in the northern field ...

CONT

Most of the norite is banded ... and the oxide minerals are most abundant in the lower parts of the bands.

OBS

banded: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Banded carbonate, chert, quartz.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
DEF

Se dit de l'aspect de la tranche d'une roche composée d'alternances de lits de couleurs différentes.

CONT

[...] ces formations de fer rubané, c'est-à-dire en couches, résultent d'une sédimentation chimique [...] Cependant la formation de ces gisements de fer rubané cessa brusquement il y a environ 1,8 milliard d'années, lorsque l'atmosphère se chargea d'oxygène.

CONT

Les argiles et marnes rubanées présentent une alternance répétée de lits clairs et sombres, épais de quelques millimètres, indiquant un dépôt saisonnier [...]

CONT

Disposition rubanée du minerai.

OBS

rubané : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Carbonate, chert, quartz rubané.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Minerales varios (Minas metálicas)
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Record 7 2001-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

A mesure of colour quality and composition

OBS

expressed in degree

CONT

Dietary treatment had no effect on initial pH or ultimate pH. The LT of maize fed pigs was darker than that of HB or triticale fed pigs as indicated by lower L[star] (lightness) values. Chroma (saturation) and hue angle were not different among treatments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

utilisé pour évaluer la coloration de la viande

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Analysis of fabric. Such a description of a sample of weaving, which would enable a weaver to produce a fabric identical with the sample. In analysis the following data must be found : 1. Yarn, or yarns used. Their composition, colour, twist, count of yarn. 2. Count of cloth. Number of threads per inch warp and weft. 3. Weave and pattern if any. 4. Finishing.

CONT

Fabric analysis: Construction; Weave Diagram; Weight/Yield; Fabric Type.

Key term(s)
  • analysis of fabrics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

Non-uniformity of the coating due to an improper dispersion of the pigments, to a variation in the composition or to a non-uniform layer of the coating colour applied to the paper.

Key term(s)
  • coating color variation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Manque d'uniformité de la couche causé par une mauvaise dispersion des pigments, à une variation dans la composition, ou à une application inégale de la sauce de couchage.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A mixture of indicators of the same function chosen so that their transition intervals are approximately coincident and of such a composition that the resultant overall colour change of the mixture is more easily distinguished than that of either indicator used separately.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[...] mélange d'indicateurs du même type, choisis de manière à ce que leur intervalle de virage coïncide approximativement, et de composition telle que la couleur puisse être plus facilement distinguée de celle de chacun des constituants utilisés séparément.

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

--to the photographer,--subjects offer opportunities for experiments in composition, lighting, colour arrangements

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

on comprend généralement dans la rubrique -- les objets assemblés par l'artiste, qui en dispose le plus souvent à son gré les divers éléments.

Spanish

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