Brightness vs. Contrast

Brightnessnoun

The quality of being bright.

Brightnessnoun

The perceived luminance of an object.

Brightnessnoun

Intelligence, cleverness.

Brightnessnoun

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

Brightnessnoun

Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

Brightnessnoun

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

Brightnessnoun

intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

Brightnessnoun

the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light;

Brightness

Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to be radiating or reflecting light. In other words, brightness is the perception elicited by the luminance of a visual target.

Contrastnoun

(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.

Contrastnoun

(uncountable) The degree of this difference.

Contrastnoun

(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.

Contrastnoun

(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.

Contrastnoun

Antithesis.

Contrastverb

(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.

Contrastverb

(intransitive) To form a contrast.

Contrastverb

To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.

Contrastverb

To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.

Contrastverb

To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.

Contrastnoun

The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.

Contrastnoun

Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.

Contrastnoun

The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's peculiarities.

Contrastnoun

the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared;

Contrastnoun

the act of distinguishing by comparing differences

Contrastnoun

a conceptual separation or demarcation;

Contrastnoun

the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors

Contrastnoun

the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)

Contrastverb

put in opposition to show or emphasize differences;

Contrastverb

to show differences when compared; be different;