Kyocera KM-C2230 User Manual page 5

General Information About Color
General Information About Color
Everybody has an idea of what hue an object has, for example, an apple is
red, a lemon is yellow, and the sky is blue. Hue is the tint by which the color of
an object is classifi ed as red, yellow, blue, etc.
What is
brightness?
Darker
Brightness is the degree of lightness in a color,
as compared with another color, which makes it
a light color or a dark color. For example, when
comparing the yellow of a lemon and the yellow
of a grapefruit, it is obvious that the yellow of
the lemon is brighter. But what about when
comparing the yellow of a lemon and the red of
a bean? Obviously, the yellow of the lemon is
brighter. Brightness is this degree of lightness
that enables comparison regardless of the hue.
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What is hue?
Lighter
What makes the difference between the
yellow of a lemon and the yellow a pear? By
saying that the lemon is a more vivid yellow
and the pear is a duller yellow, the difference
between the two colors is stated in terms
of saturation, as opposed to brightness. As
opposed to hue and brightness, saturation is
the characteristic that indicates the degree of
vividness.
What is
saturation?
More vivid Duller