Photoshop chpt. 5 Flashcards
Color Mode
the amount of color data that can be stored in a given file format
Color Model
determines how pigments combine to produce resulting colors
Bitmap
image displayed on your monitor, such as an icon
pixel
each dot that represents a color or shade
Gamut
range of displaced colors
Out of Gamut
it is beyond the color space that your monitor can display
hue
color reflected form or transmitted through an object
saturation
the strength of purity of the color representing the amount of gray
brightness
measurement of relative lightness or darkness of a color is measured as a percentage from 0 (black) to 100 (white)
channels
the 3 colors used to produce colors red green blue
additive colors
used for lighting, video an computer monitors color is created by adding red, green and blue light
cmyk
based on the colors being absorbed as the ink hits the paper and being reflected aback to your eyes - uses cyan, yellow, blue, magenta, and black
RGB
uses red, blue, and green to mix colors
grayscale mode
uses up to 256 shades of gray
foreground color
black by default used to fill a color to a selection