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Color temperature

Property of light sources related to black-body radiation

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Analogous colors

Groups of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel

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Chromesthesia

Sound to color synesthesia

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Color picker

Graphical user interface element

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Chromaticity

Specification of color hue and saturation

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Chromotherapy

Alternative medicine method also known as color therapy

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Color wheel

Illustrative organization of color hues

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Color theory

Principles to describe the practical behavior of colors

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Correlated color temperature

Property of light based on human perception

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Hue

Property of a color

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Secondary color

Color made by mixing two primary colors

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Metamerism (color)

Perceived matching of colors in colorimetry

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Tint, shade and tone

Mixture of a color with white or black

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Neon color spreading

Optical illusion

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Far-red light

Range of light at the extreme red end of the visible spectrum

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Index of color-related articles

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Tristimulus colorimeter

Device to measure color values

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Unique hues

Pure blue, green, yellow or red hues that cannot be described as a mixture of other hues

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White

Lightest color

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Dominant wavelength

Any monochromatic spectral light that evokes the corresponding perception of hue

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Color solid

Three-dimensional representation of a color space

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Colorfulness

Perceived intensity of a specific color

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Color rendering index

Accuracy of light source in showing color of objects

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Color mixing

Producing colors by combining the primary or secondary colors in different amounts

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Color rendering

Ability of a light source to reproduce colors

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Color model

Mathematical model describing colors as tuples of numbers

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On Vision and Colours

1816 treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Glob (visual system)
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White point

Value in color space that defines the color 'white' for capture and reproduction

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Grassmann's laws (color science)

Perception of color mixtures

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Whiteness (colorimetry)

Degree to which a surface is white

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Turquoise (color)

Greenish-blue color

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Color scheme

Choice of colors used in design

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On Colors

Treatise attributed to Aristotle

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Harmony (color)

Aesthetically pleasing color combination

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Grey

Intermediate color between black and white

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Monochrome

Composed of one color

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Spectral color

Color evoked by a single wavelength of light in the visible spectrum

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Subtractive color

Light passing through successive filters

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Abney effect

Perceived hue shift when white light is added to a monochromatic light source

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Purkinje effect

Tendency for sight to shift toward blue colors at low light levels

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Color phi phenomenon

Optical illusion

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Chromatic adaptation

Human ability to adjust to changes in illumination

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Dichromacy

Type of color vision

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Color breed

Groupings of horses whose registration is based primarily on their coat color

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CPK coloring

Colour convention for differentiating atoms

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Color code

System for displaying information by using different colors

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PC System Design Guide

Series of hardware design requirements and recommendations

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8-bit color

Computer color depth

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Color calibration

To measure and/or adjust the color response of a device to a known state

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