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value

value

5 6.5
How light or dark a color is
  • noun
  • /ˈvælju/
  • Specialized
: 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

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
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

Compounds

40 2.8

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

face value
  • Specialized
40 4.4

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

29 3.7

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

23 1.7

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

20 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

economic value
  • Specialized
9 3.3

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

An opinion based on personal beliefs instead of facts

How much money something is worth

value-added tax
  • Specialized
8 4.0

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

book value
  • Specialized
6 4.7

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

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

absolute value
  • Specialized
3 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
2 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

nominal value
  • Specialized
1 6.3

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

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

1 4.6

A number that shows how something compares to other things

par value
  • Specialized
1 6.6

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

cash surrender value
  • Specialized
1 7.2

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

time value
  • Specialized
1 7.9

The length of a musical note compared with other notes

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

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

note value
  • Specialized
1 5.2

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

acid value
  • Specialized
1 7.7

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

Tesco Value
  • Archaic
1 3.5

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

9.3

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

clarke value
  • Specialized
9.9

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

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

physical value
  • Specialized
8.6

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

A belief in small communities that favors tradition and close relationships

How Light

brightness
39 1.0
lightness
1 3.4
value
  • Specialized
5 6.5
darkness
482 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.