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vibrance

vibrance

7.1
An image setting that increases dull colors without making bright colors too strong
  • noun
  • /ˈvaɪbrəns/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vibrancia
  • The vibrance of the sunset lit up the entire sky with brilliant colors.

Examples

  • They're carrying so much color, so much vibrance in this vintage shop.

  • Adjusting the vibrance in the image editor helped the muted colors stand out beautifully.

  • You bump the vibrance to sort of bring color back to people's skin.

  • So we got like saturation, vibrance, shadows, contrast, having access to all this right here instead of like clicking into little menus and whatnot.

  • To make the flowers pop in the photo, increase the vibrance for more intensity.

Synonyms

richness
vsvibrance
1 3.9

A strong, deep color that looks full and bright

selectively increases muted tones without oversaturating already vivid hues

How Colorful

saturation
  • Specialized
5 5.1
vibrance
  • Specialized
7.1
desaturation
  • Specialized
7.5

Surface Forms

vibrance singular
vibrances plural

Morphology

vibrance = vibrant (semi-transparent) = vibrant + ance

Derived from the adjective 'vibrant' (and ultimately 'vibrate') with the nominalizing suffix '-ance'; the sense of vividness/liveliness is a metaphorical extension from physical vibration, so the relation is clear but not strictly literal.

Etymology

Vibrance is related to vibrate and vibrant, from an old Latin word meaning 'to shake' or 'move'. So, in photo editing, vibrance gently 'wakes' muted colors into life while keeping already bright colors calm.