luminance

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light“its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun”Synonyms: luminositybrightnessbrightness levelluminousnesslight
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

brightness luminance tone value

<graphics> (Or "tone", "luminance", "value", "luminosity", "lightness") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the total amount of light in the colour. Zero brightness is black and 100% is white, intermediate values are "light" or "dark" colours.

The other coordinates are hue and saturation.

(1999-07-05)

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