intensity
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6.3
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛn.sɪ.ti/
- Specialized
:
saturación
- Robin fell into shocked silence, not comprehending the intensity of her sister's response.
- color intensity
- low-intensity
- high-intensity
When you pick your hues, remember that you also chose the intensity of it and the value and chroma.
- When you pick your hues, remember that you also chose the intensity of it and the value and chroma.
- A nice subtle and I forgot to warn you all my blushes are like high intensity colours, so less is definitely more.
- The powder shadow then goes over that wet base in, setting it immediately but bringing the colour and intensity of the eyeshadow out.
Examples
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Look at the intensity of that naturally dyed pink and how tight the weave is.
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Only its purple matte shone with the intensity of its contents.
Fiction book (1997) -
Love the color intensity, love the staying power.
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I mean the intensity from the green, so good.
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Mix the colors in a separate clear container so you can judge the color intensity.
Academic text (1994) -
Findings, as predicted, revealed that the content, intensity level, and intensity range of affect and symptom descriptors were very individual.
Academic text (2002) -
The thick eyebrows that met over his nose had the same soft black intensity as the sticks of charcoal.
Fiction book (1998) -
The artist achieved a remarkable color intensity in her latest painting, making the hues look vivid and pure.
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The intensity of the blue in the sky was striking against the white clouds.
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When comparing the paints, the red had a higher intensity than the pink, showing a more vibrant color.
Synonyms
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2.8
How much effect a medicine, liquid, or signal has
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5.1
How bright and pure a color looks, not mixed with white
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9.3
How strong and pure a color looks
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3.9
A strong, deep color that looks full and bright
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4.1
Strong, bright color that looks clear and not pale
The quality of having many bright colors
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.9
The amount of light you can see coming from a lamp or the sun in one direction
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7.7
How strong and which way an electric or magnetic field is at a point
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5.6
The measured strength of sound, light, or other waves shown in decibels
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A unit for measuring how bright a light appears in one direction
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An amount equal to half the strongest level of something like light or sound
How Vivid
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5.1
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4.1
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6.3
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4.3
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2.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word intensity comes from the Latin root intens-, which means 'stretched' and is related to tension and tense. For color, intensity means how pure and strong a color looks, as if the color is not 'stretched out' or made weak, so high intensity colors look vivid and bright.