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luminance

noun

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

finish, glaze
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

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