Colour & Colour Management — 60 Terms Defined

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.

Tint Colour & Colour Management tint units The white balance axis running from green to magenta, correcting casts that colour temperature alone cannot address.

TLCI Colour & Colour Management Qa score The Television Lighting Consistency Index, a scoring system that evaluates a light source using a model of a camera's response rather than the eye's.

Vibrance Colour & Colour Management % A saturation control that increases less-saturated colours more than already-saturated ones, and usually protects skin tones.

Warm and Cool Colours Colour & Colour Management The perceptual division of the spectrum into warm reds, oranges and yellows and cool blues, greens and violets.

White Balance Colour & Colour Management K and tint The adjustment that makes a neutral subject render as neutral, compensating for the colour of the light illuminating it.

White Balance Bracketing Colour & Colour Management mired steps Recording several versions of one frame at different white balance settings.

White Balance Preset Colour & Colour Management K A fixed white balance setting named for a common lighting condition, such as daylight, cloudy, shade, tungsten or flash.

White Point Colour & Colour Management K / CIE xy The chromaticity that a colour space or display treats as neutral white.

Working Space Colour & Colour Management The colour space in which editing is performed, chosen for its gamut and neutrality rather than for display or output.