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Color

Scope note

Use to refer to perceived qualities that result from the response of vision to the wavelength of reflected or transmitted light. For individual chromatic colors and achromatic colors or neutrals, use "colors."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300056130

Term used for

chromatics

Created

13yrs ago

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