Color lingo is hard to understand. Here’s a lexicon
How “light” an area looks compared to other similarly lit areas. (clarify with Brightness)
How much an object appears to emit light to the human eye. (clarify with Lightness)
Because of human eye shenanigans, may be unrelated to the actual light emission of the object
Physical amount of light an object emits, independent of human perception.
- Value
Other name of lightness in HSL and HSV context.
Perception of the absence of white, black or grey in a color.
Colorfulness of an area in relation to its brightness
Colorfulness of an area when compared to a similarly luminous white surface
A painted color can appear more colorful if more illuminated (ex, in the sun)
Adobe term ?
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorfulness
- Talks about the differences between colorfulness, chroma, adn saturation