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LUMINOSITE COULEUR [1 record]

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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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