Chroma |
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Chroma is the C component of the LCH color space. Chroma represents how far out from the center of the color space (radially) a color lies. The farther out the more saturated the color. The "colorfulness" of a sample judged proportional to the brightness of a white reference sample in the same medium and under the same illumination.
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CMY Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
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The three "subtractive" primary colors used as the basis of all dye or pigment - based printing systems and color photography. A full range of colors including neutral grays and blacks can be produced with good CMY colorants (e.g. color film dyes) but typical printing inks are less than perfect.
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Color Engine |
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A software utility running inside a RIP or application that applies links to images to create a mode change, e.g. from RGB to CMYK. See CMM as an example
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Color Gamut |
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The specific range of colors seen by or reproduced by a device.
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Color Management System |
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See CMS
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Color Model |
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A mathematical way of predicting the behavior of human vision or color devices (see Color Space)
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Color Space |
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A description of the range of visible colors in standardized numerical terms. As human vision is based on three types of light sensor ("red", "green" and "blue" cones) color spaces are usually "3-dimensional".
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Colorimetric |
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Measured or expressed in tristimulus terms, such as XYZ.
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