glossary of terms

4K ultraHD – The next video standard beyond 1080p HD video, with a resolution of 3840 × 2160, which is twice the resolution of 1080p, and is a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Additive Mixing – The practice of overlapping different colors of light to achieve a new color. The most common example is to overlap red, blue, and green light, which additively mixes to white.

Amber Drift – The tendency of incandescent theatre lamps to become warmer as they fade down on a dimmer. This is in direct correlation with the Kelvin color temperature scale found in Figure 8.2. Many designers ...

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