change of color | an act that changes the light that something reflects |
image compression | the compression of graphics for storage or transmission |
infrared therapy | the use of infrared radiation (as by infrared lamps or heating pads or hot water bottles) to relieve pain and increase circulation to a particular area of the body |
bitmap electronic image | an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels |
color television colour television color television system colour television system color TV colour TV | a television that transmits images in color |
color tube colour tube color television tube colour television tube color TV tube colour TV tube | a television tube that displays images in full color |
color wash colour wash | a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment |
effigy image simulacrum | a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture), the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln, the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone |
field-sequential color television field-sequential color TV field-sequential color television system field-sequential color TV system | an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors |
heat lamp infrared lamp | electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation, the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp |
idol graven image god | a material effigy that is worshipped, thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, money was his god |
oil oil color oil colour | oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist |
orthicon image orthicon | a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera, electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons |
picture image icon ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
scanner digital scanner image scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
tempera poster paint poster color poster colour | pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk |
color colour | the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation |
image | the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public, although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry, the company tried to project an altruistic image |
persona image | (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world, a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty |
semblance gloss color colour | an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading, he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity, he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction, the situation soon took on a different color |
color of law colour of law | a mere semblance of legal right, something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law, the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights |
mirror image reflection reflexion | a likeness in which left and right are reversed |
spitting image | a perfect likeness or counterpart |
color colour coloring colouring | a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect, a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light |
primary color primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing |
primary color for pigments primary colour for pigments | any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing, the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow |
primary color for light primary colour for light | any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing, the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green |
primary subtractive color for light primary subtractive colour for light | any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light, the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow |
chromatic color chromatic colour spectral color spectral colour | a color that has hue |
achromatic color achromatic colour | a color lacking hue, white or grey or black |
copper copper color | a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper |
color property | an attribute of color |
complementary color complementary | either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments), yellow and blue are complementaries |
complexion skin color skin colour | the coloring of a person's face |
nonsolid color nonsolid colour dithered color dithered colour | a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color |
color colour coloration colouration | the timbre of a musical sound, the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music |
infrared infrared frequency | the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range, they could sense radiation in the infrared |
color colour vividness | interest and variety and intensity, the Puritan Period was lacking in color, the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness |
areola ring of color | small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite |
color vision chromatic vision trichromacy | the normal ability to see colors |
color bar colour bar color line colour line Jim Crow | barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites |
color constancy colour constancy | the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions |
color colour | (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction, each flavor of quarks comes in three colors |
image mental image | an iconic mental representation, her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate |
imagination image thought-image | a mental image produced by the imagination |
visual percept visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes, an image in the visual system |
memory image | a mental image of something previously experienced |
visual image visualization visualisation | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception |
auditory image | a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception |
prototype paradigm epitome image | a standard or typical example, he is the prototype of good breeding, he provided America with an image of the good father |