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Saturation: In color, the degree to which a color is diluted with white light or is pure. The vividness of a color,
described by such terms as bright, deep, pastel, pale, etc. Saturation is directly related to the amplitude of the
chrominance signal.
Brightness: The attribute of visual perception in accordance with which an area appear to emit more of less light.
(Luminance is the recommended name for the photo-electric quantity which has also been called brightness.)
Contrast: The range of light to dark values in a picture or the ratio between the maximum and minimum brightness
values.