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What are brightness, hue, and colourfulness? |
The perceptual attributes brightness, hue, and colourfulness are defined as follows:
Brightness: attribute of a visual sensation according to which an area appears to exhibit more or less light.
Hue: attribute of a visual sensation according to which an area appears to be similar to one, or proportions of two, of the perceived colours red, yellow, green, and blue.
Colourfulness: attribute of a visual sensation according to which an area appears to exhibit more or less of its hue.