visual property

Other forms: visual properties

Definitions of visual property

1. noun

   an attribute of vision
   types:

   texture

   the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality

   light, lightness

   the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures

   dullness

   a lack of visual brightness

   softness

   a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare

   color, coloring, colour, colouring

   a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

   achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness

   the visual property of being without chromatic color

   color property

   an attribute of color

   grain

   the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric

   marbleisation, marbleising, marbleization, marbleizing

   a texture like that of marble

   aura, aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus

   an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

   sunniness

   lightness created by sunlight

   highlight, highlighting

   an area of lightness in a picture

   brightness

   the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

   dimness, subduedness

   the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity

   flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte

   the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss

   primary color, primary colour

   any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing

   heather, heather mixture

   interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color

   mottle

   an irregular arrangement of patches of color

   achromia

   an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells

   shade, tincture, tint, tone

   a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

   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

   chromaticity, hue

   the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

   chroma, intensity, saturation, vividness

   chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

   paleness, pallidity

   being deficient in color

   coloration, colouration

   appearance with regard to color

   complexion, skin color, skin colour

   the coloring of a person's face

   dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour

   a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color

   value

   relative darkness or lightness of a color

   type of:

   property

   a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class