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value

value

79 6.5
How light or dark a color is
  • noun
  • /ˈvælju/
  • Specialized
translation icon : valor
  • Modern fencing has retained a lot of the values of Renaissance fencing in the way we always salute before and after our bouts.
  • hue, saturation, and value
  • saturation and value
  • brightness values

You know, pixel, pixel values aren't like words.

Examples

  • We combined and averaged the labor market values for community colleges that span multiple counties.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Let's check the color values and the font weight of the web page at 11:22.

  • Without the ruling Ring of Power... the seven are of no value to the enemy.

  • But not without its entertainment value.

  • Thus, listening as integrated into the curriculum has value to many teachers and support personnel.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The American Creed has ideal values that present a dilemma regarding racial discrimination.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Available health-based guidance values allow us to put the observed biomarker concentrations in a risk context.

    Academic text (2015)
  • If the subsidized lunch rate increases to 45%, the predicted value for graduation rates falls to 89.3%.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Woodland, forest, shrubland, and riparian areas typically were assigned higher permeability values than other land-cover classes.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In art class, we learned about the value of different colors and how they can affect mood.

Synonyms

lightness
vsvalue
1 3.4

A pale color often seen in hair or curtains

measures relative tone from dark to pale in art and color theory
luminance
vsvalue
  • Specialized
1 7.1

The brightness of a surface as seen by the eye

is used to denote relative tone in art rather than an exact physical measure

Compounds

face value
  • Specialized
41 4.4

A number printed on a ticket, coin, or bond that shows its official worth

40 2.8

The price something sells for in a market with many buyers and sellers

19 3.7

A belief about what is right and wrong that guides how people act

18 5.2

A set of ideas about what is right and wrong that guides a person or group

Personal emotional worth of a thing because it reminds you of someone or a time

9 1.7

A product or service that is worth the money you pay because it works well

An opinion based on personal beliefs instead of facts

How much money something is worth

value-added tax
  • Specialized
6 4.0

A tax added to the price of goods and services each time a business makes or sells them

economic value
  • Specialized
5 3.3

The amount of money something is worth when it is bought or sold

book value
  • Specialized
4 4.7

The value of an asset on a company's balance sheet equals its cost minus how much it loses in value

absolute value
  • Specialized
2 3.9

How far a number is from zero and always zero or positive

expected value
  • Specialized
2 6.6

You find the average result you expect by adding each possible outcome times its chance

mean value
  • Specialized
1 3.4

The average of numbers found by adding them and dividing by how many there are

A sentence that says what a person or group thinks is important

median value
  • Specialized
1 3.6

The middle number in a list of numbers, or the average of the two middle ones when there are two

nominal value
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A price that a company writes on a share or bond, not the market price

A number that shows its size without a plus or minus sign

9.3

An official value for land and buildings used to calculate property tax

cash surrender value
  • Specialized
7.2

The amount an insurance company pays you when you cancel a life insurance policy early

clarke value
  • Specialized
9.9

Average amount of an element in the Earth's crust used by geologists

A belief that people hold for a long time and find hard to change

acid value
  • Specialized
7.7

A measure of how much free acid is in fat or oil

modal value
  • Specialized
6.5

The number or item that appears most often in a set of data

no-par-value stock
  • Specialized
7.9

A share that has no fixed value stated by the company

note value
  • Specialized
5.2

The length of a musical note shown by its symbol, like whole or quarter note

par value
  • Specialized
6.6

The value written on a share or bond that the company sets, not the price people pay

physical value
  • Specialized
8.6

The amount to replace a building or machine after subtracting wear and age

A number that shows how something compares to other things

Tesco Value
  • Archaic
3.5

A cheap brand of food and home items sold by Tesco with very simple packaging

time value
  • Specialized
7.9

The length of a musical note compared with other notes

A belief in small communities that favors tradition and close relationships

A person's or group's beliefs about right and wrong that guide their choices

How Light

brightness
41 1.0
lightness
1 3.4
value
  • Specialized
79 6.5
darkness
534 1.0

Surface Forms

value singular
values plural

Etymology

Value comes from the root valere meaning 'strength' or 'worth', and artists use value to mean how light or dark a colour looks — its 'strength' of light. So value in art helps show shape and depth by showing which parts are lighter or darker.