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Lightness differs from brightness in that lightness is

  • A.identical to brightness under all viewing conditions
  • B.a measure of hue rather than of luminous intensity
  • C.judged relative to a similarly illuminated white reference
  • D.an absolute measure of the light emitted from the surface itself

Answer: C

Correct answer: judged relative to a similarly illuminated white reference

Brightness is an absolute judgement of how much light appears to come from a surface; lightness is that judgement made relative to a white in the same illumination. The relative form is the useful one, because it stays roughly constant as the light level changes - which is why a sheet of paper is white indoors and out.

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