Colour & Colour Management
6 terms
Saturation
Colour & Colour Management
%
The intensity or purity of a colour, from fully neutral grey to the most vivid version available.
Selective Colour
Colour & Colour Management
An adjustment that targets one range of colours in an image while leaving the rest unchanged.
Spectral Power Distribution
Colour & Colour Management
W/nm
A plot of how much energy a light source emits at each wavelength across the visible spectrum.
Spectrophotometer
Colour & Colour Management
nm
An instrument that measures the full spectral reflectance or emission of a sample, allowing both displays and printed materials to be profiled.
Split Toning
Colour & Colour Management
hue, saturation
Applying one colour tint to the highlights and a different one to the shadows.
sRGB
Colour & Colour Management
The standard colour space of the web, most consumer displays and untagged images, with a relatively small gamut.