luminance | Definition of luminance

Synonyms and Antonyms of luminance

1 brightness created by light reflected from a surface

the emerald had a pure, icy green luminance

Synonyms of luminance

burnish, gloss, luster (or lustre), polish, sheen, shine

Words Related to luminance

glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glow, shimmer

blink, flicker, sparkle, twinkle

illumination, irradiation

iridescence, luminescence

brilliance, luminosity, radiance, radiancy, refulgence

Near Antonyms of luminance

dimness, dinginess, dirtiness, drabness, dullness (also dulness), flatness

grayness, paleness

cloudiness, gloom, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity, somberness

2 the quality or state of having or giving off light

the landscapes of the French painter Claude Lorraine have a unique luminance that no other artist has quite captured

Synonyms of luminance

brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor

Words Related to luminance

blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light

fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence

burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess

fire, flame, glare, glow

flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

Near Antonyms of luminance

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness

Antonyms of luminance

blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness