4 Glossary

The following provides brief descriptions of common terms and their meaning in this manual.

Chromatic Adaptation

Same functionality as white balance in cameras. It allows transition of an image between different illuminants such as tungsten (3000K) to daylight (6000K).

Illuminant

A light source.

Luminosity

Strength of a light source, generally in SI units of candela per square meter .

CCT

Correlated color temperature, is the radiated light temperature of planckian black body radiator of a given heat.