General Information About Color - Oce CS250 User Manual

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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 classified as red, yellow, blue, etc.
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.
What makes the difference between the yellow of a lemon and the
yellow 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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