The richness of hue. Indicates how much color has been diluted by grayness.
Colour intensity of an image or hue.
One of the three attributes of color, the other two being hue and brightness. Saturation is the intensity of a hue at a given lightness. The closer a color is to neutral gray or white, the less saturated the color. The farther away it is, the more saturated it is.
Saturation describes how "deep" a color is on a range between gray and the color of interest. A high saturation corresponds to a strong or deep color. Saturation is one part of the HLS color model system.
In color, a vividness, or intensity. Some films have more inherent color saturation than others. Saturation can be slightly increased by moderate film pushes, or by slight underexposure of certain slide films. Saturation can be increased in color negative film by moderate overexposure.
The variable property of color that is determined by its purity, or its lack of dilution by white light. Highly saturated colors are vivid, while less saturated colors appear pastel.
The intensity or vividness of color eminating from an image. A saturated image has very rich and vivid colors. Desaturated images contain colors of the gray scale.
A measurement of chrominance. Saturation is the intensity of color in the video signal.
The amount of gray in a color. More gray in a color means lower saturation; less gray in a color means higher saturation.
The vividness and brilliance of a color.
The property of a color that makes it appear strongly colored. Black, white, and gray have no saturation. A red tomato has high saturation. Pastel colors have low saturation. Also known as Chroma. (This attribute of color is used in the HLS (Hue, Lightness, Saturation) and HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) color models.
in film and video terminology, the purity of color. High saturation indicates a high percentage of color.
The pureness of a color. Adding white or black to a color lowers its saturation.
An appreciation of the relationship to the purity and intensity of light; defined in terms of dark, light, deep, pale.
a measure of the brightness of a color; see color units.
Reaching or exceeding the full-well capacity of a pixel. Also, in color theory, the degree of purity of a hue in terms of mixture with white light.
The intensity of a colour. The less intense the colour, the closer it is to gray. See also GRAYSCALE.
Saturation is the vividness of a hue (color) as it appears in normal light. An option from the Colors menu (sub) Adjust.
The purity of a colours hue, moving from gray to the pure colour. A very dark blue may have mostly black with only a small amount of blue, and thus would have a very low saturation. See Hue.
In color, the purity of that color. High saturation indicates a high percentage of a color.
The attribute of color perception that expresses the amount of departure from the neutral gray of the same lightness. Also referred to as chroma.
The degree of intensity of a color (i.e., vivid or dull). Script Liner A liner brush with longer bristles than a regular liner.
Adjustment to the extreme value of a range when the actual value approaches the extreme. If the maximum value in a range is 1,000 and the maximum saturation point is set to 900, any value greater than 899 is adjusted to 1,000.
The various levels of color intensity in an image. A highly saturated image appears vivid. A low saturated image appears dull or pastel.
The purity of a diamond's color, generally indicating an absence of brown or green hues in the stone.
An attribute of a color that describes the degree to which a pure color is diluted with white or gray. A color with low color saturation appears washed out. A highly saturated color is pure and vivid.
The intensity or brightness of color in an image.
chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue
is the term used to describe the strength of a hue, or the purity of a colour. Colours with the same saturation are found along a straight line throught the black point (S) on the NCS Colour Triangle.
How rich (bright/colorful/density of color) in a photo.
The extent to which one or two of the three RGB primaries predominate in a color. As quantities of RGB equalize, color becomes desaturated towards grey or white.
Related to chroma, you can think of saturation as how a colour looks under certain lighting conditions. For instance, a room painted a solid colour will appear different at night than in daylight. Over the course of the day, although the colour is the same, the saturation changes. A sort of colourfulness, I guess.
The richness of the colours in a photograph.
Color characteristics measuring purity of a color. Amount of hue which a color has.
Amount of color in the television picture.
The attribute of colour perception that expresses the degree of departure from a grey of the same lightness. Also referred to as intensity. Same as Chroma.
The amount of color information recorded to tape. The more color information available/recorded, the more saturated the image will appear. Saturation can be boosted electronically in postproduction, and prosumer camcorders offer menu options for manipulating saturation.
A color's purity of hue, or intensity.
the attribute of a color that describes its degree of strength and its departure from a gray with the same lightness.
The amount of color in the video signal
this term refers to the color purity, or the degree to which the gem color is free from brown or gray hues. The most desirable gemstones, which show little gray or brown, are often described as having vivid or strong color saturation.
The vividness or purity of a color; the less gray a color contains, the more saturated it is.
The extent to which a pure color has been diluted with white. Highly saturated colors have little white in them. Lower levels of saturation look washed out with the white content.
How rich the colours are in a photo.
The amplitude of the chrominance signal effecting the vividness of a color.
The amount of colour in the video signal.
A subjective term which usually refers to the differences of a hue from a grey of the same value; also called chroma.
Purity or intensity of color. Degree of freedom from grayness.
A color's position on a neutral to vivid scale.
Saturation is one attribute of color in the color space called HSB. (Hue Saturation, Brightness) Saturation is a characteristic indicating the vibrancy or intensity of a hue. A color with high saturation will appear more intense than the same color with less.
The vividness of a color, which is directly related to the amplitude of the chrominance signal. A saturation of 100% produces the fully vivid color, where a saturation of 0% produces a flat gray.
Saturation is a measure of the intensity of color. The more color saturated a stone is, the more valuable it becomes.
the intensity or vividness of a color.
The color intensity of an image. An image high in saturation will appear to be very bright. An image low in saturation will appear to be duller and more neutral. An image without any saturation is also referred to as a grayscale image.
(in color). The intensity of the colors in the active picture. The degree by which the eye perceives a color as departing from a gray or white scale of the same brightness. A 100% saturated color does not contain any white; adding white reduces saturation. In NTSC and PAL video signals, the color saturation at any particular instant in the picture is conveyed by the corresponding instantaneous amplitude of the active video sub-carrier.
the depth or intensity of a colour. Increasing colour saturation makes the colours appear richer, decreasing saturation makes them paler.
Attribute of a visual sensation which permits a judgment to be made of the proportion of pure chromatic color in the total sensation. (CIE 45-25-225.) Pink and red differ in saturation with the red being the more saturated. The spectral colors are all maximally saturated examples of their hues and differ in this respect from pastels which are desaturated. One of the three standard elements of color appearance (the other two are hue and brightness). Its colorimetric equivalent is purity.
An attribute of a colour that describes the degree to which a pure colour is diluted with white or grey. A colour with low colour saturation appears washed out. A highly saturated colour is pure and vivid.
The intensity of a color or the amount of color in a specific hue. For instance, the image of a bright red apple will appear to be more red if the colors are saturated.
the degree of intensity of a color. Deep vivid color is said to be saturated, while decreasing saturation causes the color to fade.
A setting that modifies the vividness of color. The lower the saturation, the duller the colors. The higher the saturation, the more vivid the colors.
refers to the intensity of a specific hue.
the percentage of pure color content (Thorell & Smith, 1990); for example, dark blue is highly saturated, but light blue is low in saturation (i.e., a little blue is mixed with white).
Term referring to the intensity or depth (lightness/darkness) of a color.
is the overall intensity of color in a luminance-based representation of a color image. On a television, the saturation control is often called "color."
Purity of colour throughout a gemstone. A "strongly saturated" gem free of gray or brown hue has a higher value than a stone with lower saturation.
The intensity of the color, or the extent to which a given color in any image is free from white. The less white in a color, the truer the color, or the greater its saturation. On a display device, it can be adjusted with the color control. Not to be confused with the brightness, saturation is the amount of pigment in a color, and not the intensity. Low saturation is like adding white to the color. For example, a low-saturated red looks pink.
A measure of the purity of a chromatic color. A pure chromatic color without white, black, or gray in it is said to be highly saturated. A chromatic color that has been diluted with white, black or gray is less saturated. A color with little chromatic color and a large amount of white, black or gray is said to be desaturated. See also HSB.
The intensity of a color with respect to its brightness or value. Given a level of brightness, saturation measures the amount of gray in a color. A color that lacks gray impurities will seem more intense and vivid. Saturation is closely related to chroma.
A similar term to chroma but not exactly synonymous. More correctly it means the amount of colour in relation to its brightness.
One of the three dimensions of color (HSB). Saturation is the measure of the purity of a color or colors from 0% black to 100% for a fully saturated color.
A word used to describe the purity of color in gemstones.
Saturation tells us the purity of the given color. The spectral width of an LED is several tens of nanometers which mean that an LED only contains wavelengths that are at the very most several tens of nanometers apart. Most everyday objects reflect light that spread over a wide range wavelength, much more than an LED. Generally, the tighter the range of wavelengths, the more saturated it is. LEDs are very saturated (95% for most die types) but not as saturated as lasers which have spectral widths of an order of magnitude narrower.
Term used to describe color brilliance or purity. When color film images are projected at the proper brightness and without interference from stray light, colors that appear bright, deep, rich, and undiluted are said to be "saturated."
How rich the colors are in a photo.
Measure of the strength of a colour.
The amount of gray (as opposed to hue) in a color, or the intensity of the hue.
The ratio of pure color to washed out white in the display of a color. 100% saturation is pure color. 0% saturation is pure white, at whatever intensity is encoded in the color.
The intensity of a color--how much of a particular hue is in the color. See also hue.
The maximum intensity of a tone or colour.
1. Saturation is how pure hue is. The saturation 'range' goes from vivid to dull to monochrome (the absence of hue). A hue that is 100% saturated would be vivid. As hue is desaturated, it will become duller and if further desaturated, it will eventually become monochrome. In tristimulus color models, a color is desaturated by adding its opposite color. For example, to desaturate red, one would add cyan. 2. A rendering intent used to convert out of gamut colors. Converts the image's colors to highly saturated in gamut colors in the destination color space. This rendering intent is more appropriate in graphics where color accuracy is not important. It should not be used for critical photography. To learn more about the Saturation rendering intent, click here.
The purity or intensity of a hue or color on a scale from bright (full saturation) to dull (low saturation) chromatic purity. The degree of difference from the achromatic light-source color of the same brightness.
The purity of colour, the degree to which light is pastel versus spectral.
The saturation (or intensity, also called chroma) refers to how much of the same hue is present. For example, the reddest red possible is a color that is 100% saturated with red hue. "Lighter" shades of red are less saturated with the hue red. For a more detailed explanation, see chroma.
The strength or intensity of colour of an image or shade.
The colourfulness of an area judged in proportion to its brightness. For example, a fully saturated red would be a pure red. The less saturated, the more pastel the appearance. See also Chroma.
The amount of hue in a color sample compared to the amount of achromatic light it reflects or transmits.
Saturation can also be called a color's intensity. It is a measurement of how different from pure gray the color is. Saturation is not really a matter of light and dark, but rather how pale or strong the color is. The saturation of a color is not constant, but it varies depending on the surroundings and what light the color is seen in.
The degree of purity of a color, as measured by its freedom of mixture with white; intensity of hue.
The amount of color or how much "pigment" is present.
The amount of color present. A lightly saturated red looks pink. While a highly saturdated red looks like a red crayon. Less saturated is effectively adding white to the pure color.
The degree to which a color is undiluted by white light. If a color is 100 percent saturated, it contains no white light. If a color has no saturation, it is a shade of gray.
Saturation, also called chroma, is the amount of colour in the colour. It represents the amount of grey in proportion to the hue. When mixing paints, the saturation will always decrease, becoming greyer or browner as more colours are added. Putting white or black with a colour will obviously make it more grey and therefore less saturated.In this example a highly saturated blue on the left becomes less saturated on the right.
A measure of the amount of gray in a color. The higher the gray content, the lower the saturation. to top
Color intensity; zero saturation is white (no color) and maximum saturation is the deepest or most intense color possible for that hue. Different saturation values are varying peak-to-peak amplitudes in the 3.58MHz modulated C signal. In signal terms, saturation is determined by the ratio between luminance level and chrominance amplitude. See also hue.
The color red is fully saturated. While the color pink is not.
Vividness of hue; degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness or brightness. Also called intensity. Color that is free from mixture or dilution with white; its relative purity.
The degree of hue in color as perceived subjectively. Saturated color can be termed strong, vivid, intense or deep. Desaturated color can be termed weak, pale, washed out or dull. SCALE is often revealed only when an object of known size is introduced in a photograph.
Level of color intensity. It measures the amount of grey in a color given a level of brightness.
The purity of a color, or with spectral colors, how much of a color is near the dominant wavelength. Primary colors are very saturate, while pale tones are said to be desaturated.
The amount of gray in a color. More gray means lower saturation; less gray means higher saturation. If a color has no saturation, it is a shade of gray. It's also the degree to which a color is undiluted by white light.
A perceived dimension of visual stimuli that describes the "strength" of a color — the extent to which it appears rich or pale (e.g., light pink vs. hot pink).
Expression of the purity of a color compared to a of the same gray luminosity. For example a sharp red is a saturated color, a pink is in fact a désaturé red, and a white has a saturation null drum Scanner With this type of scanner, the documents are placed on a cylinder and are analyzed by sampling point by point.
The intensity of a color. The degree that a color departs from white and approaches the pure color of the spectral line. Pale colors have low saturation; vivid colors high saturation.
Also known as color purity or the amount of color density, the degree to which a color is diluted by luminance, or white light.
The purity of a colour, independent of its hue and brightness. The more gray a colour contains, the lower its saturation is.
The amount of hue in proportion to the neutral gray of the same lightness, that is the intensity of color. In this example, the leftmost swatch has the saturation of 1 (maximum value) and the rightmost swatch has the saturation of 0 (minimum value).
The purity or vividness of a color, expressed as the absence of white. A color that has 100% saturation contains no white. A color with 0% saturation is a shade of gray.
Saturation is the degree by which a color is pure and undiluted by white light. High saturation produces bright vibrant colors moving through pastels as saturation decreases to black or shades of gray. The extremes are 100% saturation, which contains no white and 0% saturation which contains no color.
A single colored stone free from any mixture of colors.
The degree to which a color is diluted with white light or is pure. The vividness of a color, described by such terms as bright, deep, pastel, pale, etc. Saturation is directly related to the amplitude of the chrominance signal.
Saturation is the subjective appreciation of purity, a relation of the intensity of the dominant wavelength to all other wavelengths (defined by terms such as deep, pale, light, dark).
The quantity of color in a gem which translates into the color's vividness or dullness.
Relative richness of colors in a color image.
Refers to the intensity or voltage of colors in a picture (also see chroma, hue,and contrast).
Color attribute that expresses the degree of departure from the neutral gray of the same lightness. Also known as chroma.
A measure of the level of color intensity. Highly saturated colors may cause images to appear unrealistic.
A colour's purity or intensity of hue. A pure hue has the highest saturation.
The point where no more can be absorbed, dissolved or retained, such as fabric that has been infused thoroughly with water or dye. Also indicates the purity of a hue. The higher the saturation, the purer the hue (not including any additional colors.)
The amount of grey in a colour. Less grey in an image, colours are richer in hue [deeper]. More grey, colours are weak [lighter].
Saturation refers to the subjective quantity of a specific hue in a color. Colors with a low saturation appear more white. Colors with high saturation appear more richly colored. This is a set of four red dots which increase in saturation from left to right.
Perceived color, or the percentage of hue in a color. Saturated colors are called vivid, strong, or deep. Desaturated colors are called dull, weak, or washed out.
the intensity of colours. Weak or washed out colours are said to be under saturated.
A measure of purity of color. Saturated colors contain pure color only, colors desaturate to gray. Saturation is a measure of the degree of pureness or movement away from gray.
The colour intensity of an image expressed as a degree to which it differs from white. A high-saturated image will appear very bright and a low saturated image will appear to be duller and more neutral.
The amount of gray in a color; effectively, the intensity of a hue.
In color management, the purity of a color's hue, moving from gray to the pure color. See also: hue
the intensity or vividness of a colour.
A measure of the purity of a color, determined by the amount of gray it contains. The higher the gray level, the lower the saturation.
A measure of the intensity of color inherent in a gemstone. Stones that are well saturated with color are more valuable.
In color, the nature of colors in terms of density. A color with heavy saturation will have a higher densitometric values when compared to a color having less saturation and lower densitometric values. In photography, a saturated color original would show colors at their maximum reproduction density without reproduction as a shadow. Color will tend to appear pure in nature when heavy with nature.
The amount of a specific color hue with which each pixel is imbued. At the highest saturation rate, colors are dense and vibrant. At the lowest rate, there is an absence of color (i.e., black and white).
The intensity of a color, or the degree of color in a particular hue. For example, the green leaves in a tree will appear "more green" if the color is saturated.
The purity of a color. The more a color is saturated, the more gray it contains.
The dimension of color that describes its purity; if highly saturated, it appears to be pure hue and free of gray, but if of low saturation, it appears to have a great deal of gray mixed with it. See also hue.
A characteristic of the observation of color. Saturated colors are called vivid, strong, or deep. Desaturated colors are called dull, weak, or washed out.
The strength or amount of a certain color present in a television picture; saturation is expressed as the purity of the color.
(n) A perceptual color quality indicating the ratio of the primary spectral wavelength (the hue) to all the wavelengths in the color. A high saturation color has a vivid hue, whereas a low saturation color approaches gray in appearance.
1) In a communications system, the condition in which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic handling capacity. 2) The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased. 3) The degree of the chroma or purity of a color.