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colorimeter

7.8

A device that measures a screen's color and brightness to make its colors accurate

noun
/ˌkɒləˈrɪmətər/

Specialized

: colorímetro

Before displaying the final images, the technician checked the monitor's settings with a colorimeter to verify its color accuracy.

Examples

With output devices, a test target is displayed or printed to produce a test copy, and the user measures the colors with a colorimeter or spectrophotometer.

Academic text (1992)
The photographer used a colorimeter to ensure that the colors in her prints looked vivid and true to life.
To achieve accurate color reproduction on the monitor, he calibrated it with a colorimeter before starting his graphic design project.

Synonyms

spectroradiometer

vscolorimeter

Specialized

9.9

A device that measures how much light there is at each color

focuses on derived color values like chromaticity and luminance for screen calibration

How Accurate

spectrophotometer

Specialized

1 9.9

colorimeter

Specialized

7.8

Surface Forms

colorimeter singular

colorimeters plural

colourimeters plural

colourimeter singular

Morphology

colorimeter = color (transparent) = color + meter

The meaning is directly built from 'color' plus '-meter' as an instrument for measuring, so the word is compositionally interpretable.

Etymology

Colorimeter joins color and -meter, where -meter means 'measure', like in thermometer. For screens and photos, a colorimeter 'measures color' so you can adjust the display and make the colours look correct.