General Information About Color - Olivetti d-Color MF25 User Manual

General information about color

d-Color MF25
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
is classified as red, yellow, blue, etc.
Brightness is the degree of lightness in
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 the this degree of lightness
that enables comparison regardless of
the hue.
What makes the difference between the
yellow of a lemon and the yellos of 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.
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