saturation
5
5.1
- noun
- /ˌsætʃəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
saturación
- The three elements of every color value saturation and temperature.
- color saturation
- hue and saturation
- saturation level
Pull down that saturation and up the luminance a little bit.
- Pull down that saturation and up the luminance a little bit.
- I mean, qdo LED has gotten us close in terms of color saturation, but the brightness just isn't there yet.
- So what I'm gonna do first is maybe take a little contrast away, throw some saturation up.
- Let's lower the saturation quite a bit to really to really make it feel like, oh, it's a Gray day and dark and dreary a composition.
- It blew my mind how like vibrantly the saturation was all the way up green.
- I feel like someone turned the saturation up on me.
Examples
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We also shot Ronan and there was a lot more saturation, higher contrast, and just generally more vibrant.
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You also should be careful not to overdo any increase in saturation; a little bit goes a long way!
Academic text (2008) -
The three elements of every color value, saturation and temperature.
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Rather, saturation is just how colorful the the video is for something like this, it's all green, it's all nature.
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All I needed to do at home was correct exposure and saturation.
Academic text (2006) -
I got full on it and had to close my eyes; the saturation was so intense at Kodachrome Canyon.
Fiction book (2001) -
I also brightened the foreground cow substantially and increased the color saturation.
Academic text (2006) -
Generally, prints from slides have more color saturation and more "oomph" than prints from negatives.
Academic text (1995) -
This is velvet morning and velvet ribbon and just really layering and layering and layering until you've got that saturation of, of color.
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The artist chose a vibrant saturation of red to make the painting more eye-catching.
Synonyms
5
6.3
How bright and pure a color looks without white mixed in
1
9.3
How strong and pure a color looks
1
4.1
Strong, bright color that looks clear and not pale
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.7
The point where a liquid or gas can no longer dissolve more substance
- Specialized
The point where a camera sensor or screen cannot record brighter colors and loses detail
How Saturated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Saturation comes from the Latin satur meaning 'full'. For color, think of paint being filled with pigment: high saturation means a color is bright and strong, not mixed with white, so it looks more pure.