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COLOUR VALUE [3 records]

Record 1 1998-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Computer Graphics
  • Photography
DEF

The relative lightness of color, which is approximately a function of the square root of the total amount of light.

CONT

Color has three main characteristics: hue, value, chroma. Value is its lightness or darkness, which is determined by the amount of white or black that is mixed with the color.

OBS

The vertical dimension (black to white) in the Munsell colour system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Infographie
  • Photographie
DEF

Éclat relatif de la couleur, fonction approximativement égale à la racine carrée de la quantité totale de lumière.

OBS

Indice de «value» du code Munsell.

Key term(s)
  • valeur de la couleur

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-03-22

English

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

value : Artist's term for degree of lightness on a scale of grays running from black to white. Chromatic colors can be similarly evaluated; the darker ones are said to be lower in value or in a lower key. The scientist's term for value is lightness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

The property of a color by which it can be classified according to its reflectivity in comparison with a scale of grays from white to black.

Key term(s)
  • colour value

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
OBS

Propriété d'une couleur par laquelle on peut la classer suivant sa réflectivité par rapport à la gamme de gris comprise entre le noir et le blanc.

Spanish

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