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Property of a color
Lightness is a visual perception of the luminance ( L ) {\displaystyle (L)} of an object. It is often judged relative to a similarly lit object. In colorimetry
Lightness
1984 Czech novel by Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí) is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera about two women, two men, a dog, and their lives
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being
Lightness is a philosophical concept most closely associated with continental philosophy and existentialism, which is used in ontology. The term "lightness"
Lightness_(philosophy)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up lightness in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lightness may refer to: Lightness, a property of a color Lightness (philosophy), a philosophical
Lightness_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Unbearable Lightness may refer to: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, a 1984 novel written by Czech author Milan Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Unbearable_Lightness
1988 American drama film
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American romantic drama film, an adaptation of the 1984 novel by Milan Kundera. It was directed by Philip
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)
The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being_(film)
Alternative representations of the RGB color model
image analysis and computer vision. HSL stands for hue, saturation, and lightness, and is often also called HLS. HSV stands for hue, saturation, and value
HSL_and_HSV
Perceived intensity of a specific color
describe the object color. It is how different from a grey of the same lightness such an object color appears to be. Saturation is the "colorfulness of
Colorfulness
2017 studio album by Gang of Youths
Go Farther in Lightness is the second studio album by Australian alternative rock band Gang of Youths, released on 18 August 2017 by Mosy Recordings.
Go_Farther_in_Lightness
Shade of the color gray
tone that is perceptually about halfway between black and white on a lightness scale; in photography and printing, it is typically defined as 18% reflectance
Middle_gray
Standard color space with color-opponent values
device-independent color designed to improve perceptual uniformity, hue and lightness prediction, color blending, and usability while ensuring numerical stability
Oklab_color_space
Fine motor skills used to entertain or manipulate
Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or legerdemain (listen) comprises fine motor skills used by performing artists in different art forms to
Sleight_of_hand
Property of a color
or chroma), lightness, and brightness. Usually, colors with the same hue are distinguished with adjectives referring to their lightness or colorfulness
Hue
Mixture of a color with white or black
color theory, a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which increases lightness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. A tone
Tint,_shade_and_tone
Varieties of the color green
green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities
Shades_of_green
Variety of the color blue
hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness), or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities
Shades_of_blue
Kāyalahutā - lightness of mental body (or lightness of cetasikas) Cittalahutā - lightness of consciousness (or lightness of citta) These two mental factors have
Lahutā
Perceptual phenomenon
red-green colorblindness cannot distinguish the differences between the lightness of the colors, and certain colors do not have significant effect. Two
Helmholtz–Kohlrausch_effect
2015 Chinese-Hong Kong film by Clara Law
The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan (Chinese: 暴走神探), also known as Shanghai Noir, is a 2015 comedy action romance suspense film directed by Clara
The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan
The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Inspector_Fan
2016 Indian film
The Unbearable Being of Lightness is a 45-minute documentary film made in 2016 and directed by Ramchandra PN. The documentary documents a workshop that
The Unbearable Being of Lightness
The_Unbearable_Being_of_Lightness
Varieties of the color red
in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness), lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities
Shades_of_red
2006 South Korean film
Between Love and Hate (also known as The Unbearable Lightness of Dating) is a 2006 South Korean film starring Kim Seung-woo and Jang Jin-young, and is
Between Love and Hate (2006 film)
Between_Love_and_Hate_(2006_film)
Czech and French novelist (1929–2023)
Czech citizenship in 2019. Kundera's best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Before the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the country's ruling Communist
Milan_Kundera
Season of television series
episode is dedicated to John Ritter. 169 20 "Hank's Back" "The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hank" Robin Brigstocke Aron Abrams & Gregory Thompson May 9, 2004 (2004-05-09)
King_of_the_Hill_season_8
space is necessarily 3D; it is generally assigned such that one is the lightness and the other two the chroma. A uniform color space is useful for a wide
List of color spaces and their uses
List_of_color_spaces_and_their_uses
Proprietary perceptual color model
component (c = 0), lightness is defined as v = 100 − s 100 . {\displaystyle v={\frac {100-s}{100}}.} For chromatic colors, the NCS lightness is determined
Natural_Color_System
1988 soundtrack album by Various artists
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Original Soundtrack Recording is the official soundtrack album for the 1988 film of the same name, an adaptation of
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (soundtrack)
The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being_(soundtrack)
× blue) CIE L*a*b* values sRGB value expressed as hue, saturation and lightness (HSL) device-independent CMYK value: cyan, magenta, yellow, black or key
List_of_RAL_colours
Standard color space with color-opponent values
(abbreviated CIE) in 1976. It expresses color as three values: L* for perceptual lightness and a* and b* for the four unique colors of human vision: red, green,
CIELAB_color_space
2011 studio album by Young Widows
In and Out of Youth and Lightness is the third studio album by the American rock band Young Widows. The album was released on April 8, 2011, through Temporary
In and Out of Youth and Lightness
In_and_Out_of_Youth_and_Lightness
Australian rock band
2017 Gang of Youths released their second studio album, Go Farther in Lightness, which was preceded by their first Australian top 50 single, "Let Me Down
Gang_of_Youths
Art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
kitsch is a central motif in Milan Kundera's 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Towards the end of the novel, the book's narrator posits that
Kitsch
American film director and screenwriter
fantasy, erotica, western, and crime. Kaufman’s film The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) earned him the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Philip_Kaufman
2012 book by Will Self
The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker is a collection of Will Self's Real Meals column for the New Statesman. Covering such things as London
The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker
The_Unbearable_Lightness_of_Being_a_Prawn_Cracker
Varieties of the color yellow
in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities
Shades_of_yellow
Color space
colors based on three properties of color: hue (basic color), value (lightness), and chroma (color intensity). It was created by Albert H. Munsell in
Munsell_color_system
Three-dimensional representation of a color space
dimension allows a color solid to depict the three dimensions of color: lightness (gradations of light and dark, tints or shades), hue, and colorfulness
Color_solid
1997 studio album by Brian Eno
"Lightness" (subtitled: Music for the Marble Palace – The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg) is the sixteenth solo studio album by Brian Eno, released
Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace – The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Lightness:_Music_for_the_Marble_Palace_–_The_State_Russian_Museum,_St._Petersburg
English actor (born 1957)
Beautiful Laundrette (1985), A Room with a View (1985), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He earned three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his
Daniel_Day-Lewis
British pastry dessert
that contains no cheese. It was described by Will Self in The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker as "...not cake at all but rather a square of
London_Cheesecake
Season of television series
reference: The 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. 61 18 "The Unblairable Lightness of Being" Janice Cooke-Leonard Jeanne Leitenberg April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12)
Gossip_Girl_season_3
Grade of crude oil used as a benchmark in oil pricing
acceptable lightness and sweetness. Crude oil lightness is characterized by oil gravity, and crude oil sweetness by sulfur content. Measurements of lightness and
West_Texas_Intermediate
Balance of visual elements in an image
figure inserted in an image can be determined using the lightness of the figure, the lightness of the ground and their sizes and positions interactions
Visual_weight
Australian-American actress (born 1973)
2011. In 2010, de Rossi published her autobiography, titled Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, within which she wrote about the trauma and
Portia_de_Rossi
Swedish actor (born 1951)
Skarsgård's early English-speaking film roles include The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Good Will Hunting (1997)
Stellan_Skarsgård
Scottish actor (born 1980)
May 2019. "'Heart of Lightness': Montreal Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2019. Heart of Lightness (2014), retrieved 6
Sam_Heughan
without Dark and Light prefixes. Several groups of colors share the same lightness or brightness and saturation. These nuances differ only by hue. 100%/25%
X11_color_names
18th episode of the 31st season of The Simpsons
"The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" is the 18th episode of the thirty-first season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and
The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby
The_Incredible_Lightness_of_Being_a_Baby
Species of plant (fern)
hemispheres. Originally native to Eurasia and North America, the extreme lightness of its spores has led to it achieving a cosmopolitan distribution. Common
Pteridium_aquilinum
17th episode of the 31st season of The Simpsons
Smith as himself Episode chronology ← Previous "Better Off Ned" Next → "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" The Simpsons season 31 List of episodes
Highway_to_Well
Australian musician
on the band's first two albums, The Positions (2015) and Go Farther in Lightness (2017), finding lyrical inspiration from personal hardships including
David_Le'aupepe
Type of halftoning
that will separate lightness, hue and saturation channels, so that a higher weight for error diffusion will be given to the lightness channel, than to the
Error_diffusion
Standard that defines a specific range of colors
an HSL or HSV color model, based on hue, saturation, brightness (value/lightness). With such a model, the variables are assigned to cylindrical coordinates
Color_space
Color space
chromaticities of the two colors mixed, unless they both have the same lightness. CIELUV is an Adams chromatic valence color space and is an update of
CIELUV
American record company executive and film producer (1921–2014)
from the book by Paul Theroux. In 1988, Zaentz produced The Unbearable Lightness of Being, based on the Milan Kundera novel. The adaptation was directed
Saul_Zaentz
Techniques for winning in the game of Go
The game of Go has simple rules that can be learned very quickly but, as with chess and similar board games, complex strategies may be employed by experienced
Go_strategy_and_tactics
Outfit using only variations of one color
that uses only variations of a single color, usually differing only in lightness and darkness. The term may also mean a dress combination that uses only
Monochrome_outfit
Graphical file manager for Unix
operating systems, written by Roland Baudin. Its stated goals are simplicity, lightness and ease of use. It is written in the programming language C++ using the
Xfe
French fashion company
Cacharel designs are characterized by their youthful style, femininity, lightness, refinement, and use of bright colours. Cacharel is named after the local
Cacharel
Principles to describe the practical behavior of colors
or dimmer by adjusting their brightness, or energy level; in painting, lightness is adjusted through mixture with white, black, or a color's complement
Color_theory
Color reproduction capability
infinite visible wavelengths that there are, meaning that they have a lightness of 0 with respect to white, and will also have 0 chroma, but, of course
Gamut
differences without having to hold the luminance constant. He defined a lightness index W* by simplifying expressions suggested earlier by Ladd and Pinney
CIE_1964_color_space
Varieties of the color black
colors that differ only slightly from pure black. These colors have a low lightness. From a photometric point of view, a color which differs slightly from
Shades_of_black
French writer (1931–2021)
Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). He also won a César Award for Best Original Screenplay
Jean-Claude_Carrière
Practice of encoding color images
(hue and colorfulness) at about a third of the resolution of luminance (lightness/darkness information in an image). Therefore it is possible to sample
Chroma_subsampling
British journalist (1962–2019)
Psycho Too (2009, with illustrations by Ralph Steadman) The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker (2012) Will (2019) Related Deborah Orr (second
Deborah_Orr
Color dimensions Hue Dichromatism Colorfulness Pastel colors Luminance Lightness Darkness Brightness Iridescence Fluorescence Grayscale Tint, shade and
Lists_of_colors
1972 novel by Tove Jansson
girl, Sophia, and her grandmother. The novel has been praised for its lightness of touch, simplicity of language, and expressiveness, while dealing indirectly
The_Summer_Book
Swedish actress (born 1955)
breakthrough in the role of a free-spirited artist in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award
Lena_Olin
Stylistic features that are included within an art piece
color, like red, blue or yellow. The next property is value, meaning the lightness or darkness of the hue. The last is chroma or intensity, distinguishing
Elements_of_art
Image processing technique
employed by Land and McCann in 1971 was Retinex, inspired by theories of lightness perception [3].This method is inspired by the eye’s biological mechanisms
Tone_mapping
1909 bronze statuette by Edith Maryon
Rudolf Steiner. Like The Dance of Anitra, these translated the grace and lightness of dance into the sculptural form. The work was exhibited at the Royal
The_Dance_of_Anitra
Mathematical model describing colors as tuples of numbers
achromatic, or gray colors, ranging from black at lightness 0 or value 0, the bottom, to white at lightness 1 or value 1, the top. Most televisions, computer
Color_model
Holding aloft without mechanical support
Levitation (from Latin levitas, lit. 'lightness') is the process by which an object is held aloft in a stable position, without mechanical support via
Levitation_(physics)
Word or phrase that refers to a specific color
Pirahã language, there appear to be no color terms beyond describing lightness and darkness. The Dani language of western New Guinea differentiates only
Color_term
Composed of one color
by adding white, thereby increasing lightness; Shades are achieved by adding black, thereby decreasing lightness; Tones are achieved by adding gray, thereby
Monochrome
Grid-like structure of threads or yarns
sheet-like, and provides a degree of transparency, as well as flexibility and lightness. Nets have been constructed by human beings since at least the Mesolithic
Net_(device)
Perception caused by wavelengths of light
brain. Colors have perceived properties such as hue, colorfulness, and lightness. Colors can also be additively mixed (mixing light) or subtractively mixed
Color
Rare or fictional material
for a nuclear rocket, unobtainium might have the needed qualities of lightness, strength at high temperatures, and resistance to radiation damage; a
Unobtainium
Style of furniture characterized by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry
of the Louis XV period (1715–1774) is characterized by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry; it replaced the more formal, boxlike and massive
Louis_XV_furniture
Varieties of the color orange
in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities
Shades_of_orange
2003 studio album by Death Cab for Cutie
wanted to be written about," he explained. The strange, looping noise in "Lightness" was achieved by modulating the pitch with a Leslie speaker, in tandem
Transatlanticism
German television series
November 14, 2025 (2025-11-14) 11 5 "Trügerische Leichtigkeit" "Deceptive Lightness" Martin Schreier Marlene Melchior November 21, 2025 (2025-11-21) 12 6
Maxton Hall—The World Between Us
Maxton_Hall—The_World_Between_Us
saturation, and lightness (also called luminance). (Note: the definition of saturation in HSL is substantially different from HSV, and lightness is not intensity
Comparison of color models in computer graphics
Comparison_of_color_models_in_computer_graphics
Sheet glass by AGC Inc
manufactured by AGC Inc. It is engineered for a combination of thinness, lightness and damage-resistance, similarly to Corning's proprietary Gorilla Glass
Dragontrail
Actress from Northern Ireland (born 1982)
Mother's Son Barbara Best BBC TV film 2013 Hello Carter Tara 2014 Heart of Lightness Ellida 2015 The Program Emma O'Reilly 2019 Tolkien Mabel Tolkien 2022
Laura_Donnelly
December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) Please don't start rumors. 346 8 "The Unbearable Lightness of Zero" December 8, 2021 (2021-12-08) (FIRST) December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09)
List_of_Red_vs._Blue_episodes
Varieties of the color white
color theory, a shade is a pure color mixed with black (or having a lower lightness). Strictly speaking, a "shade of white" would be a neutral gray. This
Shades_of_white
British journalist (born 1959)
Psycho Too (2009, with illustrations by Ralph Steadman) The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker (2012) Will (2019) Related Deborah Orr (second
Jonathan_Self
English actor, writer and composer
Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk. He played Ballested in Jan Vardoen's Heart Of Lightness, shot in Norway's Arctic Circle, and General Ismay in Joe Wright's Darkest
Richard_Lumsden
does not define a luminance or lightness component, but the Y tristimulus value of the XYZ color space or a lightness index similar to W* of the CIE 1964
CIE_1960_color_space
American assault rifle
military extensively tested the AR-15. Positive evaluations emphasized its lightness, "lethality", and reliability. However, the Army Materiel Command criticized
M16_rifle
English writer and journalist (born 1961)
Frenzy (2001) Psychogeography (2007) Psycho Too (2009) The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker (2012) Will (2019) Why Read: Selected Writings
Will_Self
2017 studio album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
ARIA Music Awards of 2017, losing to Gang of Youths for Go Farther in Lightness. The album peaked at number two on the ARIA charts (their first top 10)
Flying_Microtonal_Banana
English design engineer (1928–1982)
summarised as "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Adding lightness makes you faster everywhere." Team Lotus won seven Formula One Constructors'
Colin_Chapman
Sculpture by Donatello
Donatello is that of white poplar. Wood was still used for crucifixes for its lightness. It was also inexpensive and convenient for transporting long distances
Penitent Magdalene (Donatello)
Penitent_Magdalene_(Donatello)
TSL color space (Tint, Saturation and Lightness) is a perceptual color space which defines color as tint (the degree to which a stimulus can be described
TSL_color_space
Any mathematical model describing human perception of colors
of XYZ tristimulus values, but in terms of appearance parameters (hue, lightness, brightness, chroma, colorfulness and saturation). So any color appearance
Color_appearance_model
2026 studio album by Thundercat
HotNewHipHop wrote, "Even with heavier themes, Thundercat keeps his signature lightness intact, balancing introspection with humor and warmth. At this point,
Distracted_(Thundercat_album)
Metric for difference between two colors
CIELAB, a hybrid approach where a taxicab distance is used between the lightness and the chroma plane, Δ E HyAB = ( a 2 − a 1 ) 2 + ( b 2 − b 1 ) 2 + |
Color_difference
LIGHTNESS
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Girl/Female
Muslim
Small girl
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant of Brand 1.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Manifested, Confident
Girl/Female
Australian, French, German, Italian, Swiss
Peaceful Ruler
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Beloved One
Boy/Male
Muslim
Distant
Female
Spanish
Pet form of Spanish MarÃa, MARITZA means "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, Celtic, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Indian, Irish
Marksman; From the Land that was Burned; Lives at the Barrier; Sharp; Pointed; Bear-strength; Spear; Javelin
Male
Italian
Italian form of Roman Tertius, TERZO means "third."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nectar
LIGHTNESS
LIGHTNESS
LIGHTNESS
LIGHTNESS
LIGHTNESS
n.
Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.
n.
The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
n.
Unsteadiness; levity; lightness.
n.
The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
n.
The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al.
n.
Lightness; nimbleness.
n.
Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
n.
The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.
n.
A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
n.
Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
n.
Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.