false color
noun
: color in an image (such as a photograph) of an object that does not actually appear in the object but is used to enhance, contrast, or distinguish details
Examples of false color in a Sentence
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Its 14-point bursts don't have crisp tines and introduce some false color.
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PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
In the false color view, generated from infrared data, the bright green color is indicative of copious sulfur dioxide gas.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
Dark streaks on Mars (presented in false color for clarity) indicate likely flows of salty water on the planet.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2015
The animation above consists of natural and false color satellite images acquired yesterday by NASA's Aqua satellite.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2014
In the false color scheme (characteristic of what's known as 'Air Mass RGB' imagery), the coldest air is depicted in pale shades of yellow to beige.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2019
This false color image, taken in near-infrared light, shows the raging eye of the 1,200-mile-wide storm at Saturn’s north pole.
—Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2017
To clearly discern the flooding, the images are false color, employing a combination of visible and shortwave infrared light.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2018
This false color animation is also from the Cassini spacecraft.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2017
PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
In the false color view, generated from infrared data, the bright green color is indicative of copious sulfur dioxide gas.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
Dark streaks on Mars (presented in false color for clarity) indicate likely flows of salty water on the planet.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2015
The animation above consists of natural and false color satellite images acquired yesterday by NASA's Aqua satellite.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2014
In the false color scheme (characteristic of what's known as 'Air Mass RGB' imagery), the coldest air is depicted in pale shades of yellow to beige.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2019
This false color image, taken in near-infrared light, shows the raging eye of the 1,200-mile-wide storm at Saturn’s north pole.
—Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2017
To clearly discern the flooding, the images are false color, employing a combination of visible and shortwave infrared light.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2018
This false color animation is also from the Cassini spacecraft.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2017
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“False color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20color. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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