ALL meanings of brightness
bright·ness
B b - noun brightness the condition of being bright 3
- noun brightness the experienced intensity of light 3
- noun brightness the quality or condition of being bright 3
- noun brightness the luminous aspect of a color (as distinct from its hue) by which it is regarded as approaching the maximum luminance of pure white or the lack of luminance of pure black 3
- noun Technical meaning of brightness (graphics) (Or "tone", "luminance", "value", "luminosity", "lightness") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the total amount of light in the colour. Zero brightness is black and 100% is white, intermediate values are "light" or "dark" colours. The other coordinates are hue and saturation. 1
- noun brightness the quality of being bright. 1
- noun brightness Optics. the luminance of a body, apart from its hue or saturation, that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body. Pure white has the maximum brightness, and pure black the minimum brightness. 1
- noun brightness light: high intensity 1
- noun brightness intelligence 1
- noun brightness light: relative intensity 1
- noun brightness cheerfulness 1
- noun brightness The perception elicited by the luminance of an object. 0
- noun brightness Intelligence, cleverness. 0