7 Application functions7-4 cm5520Application functions Chapter 7General information about colorEverybody has an idea of what hue an object has, for example, an appleis red, a lemon is yellow, and the sky is blue. Hue is the tint by whichthe color of an object is classified as red, yellow, blue, etc.Brightness is the degree of lightness in a color, ascompared with another color, which makes it a lightcolor or a dark color. For example, when comparingthe yellow of a lemon and the yellow of a grapefruit,it is obvious that the yellow of the lemon is brighter.But what about when comparing the yellow of a lem-on and the red of a bean? Obviously, the yellow ofthe lemon is brighter. Brightness is this degree oflightness that enables comparison regardless of thehue.What makes the difference between the yellow of alemon and the yellow of a pear? By saying that thelemon is a more vivid yellow and the pear is a dulleryellow, the difference between the two colors is stat-ed in terms of saturation, as opposed to brightness.As opposed to hue and brightness, saturation is thecharacteristic that indicates the degree of vividness.
