color filter

noun

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Just press the Color button to change either the picture profiles or apply a color filter. PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025 By removing the color filter, the startup’s image sensor is made three times as sensitive as traditional CMOS sensors. Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 24 May 2025 There are built-in tools like color filters, blur reduction, and auto-enhancements to sharpen the page. New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2025 As the engineers demonstrated, the RGB prototype utilizes color filters, Sony's proprietary XR Color Booster, and other technologies to produce the final product. Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for color filter

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First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of color filter was in 1891

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“Color filter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20filter. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.

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