Grayscale meaning

grā'skāl'
A series of shades ranging from pure white to pure black, used in displaying monochromatic images.
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An image displayed using such a series of shades.
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(photography) A printed strip of graduated tones used to check exposure and development times.
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(imaging) Black and white, representing color with shades of gray.
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To convert to grayscale.
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A scale of shades from black to white used in digital image technology, such as facsimile machines. Grayscale is a variation on the theme of black and white. Grayscale measures the intensity of the light reflected from an area (dot) of a plane surface and defines each pixel (picture element) as a byte, generally of eight bits, which yields 2 8 , or 256, shades of gray. Applications such as medical imaging require greater definition and, therefore, use 16-bit pixel descriptions, which yields 2 16 , or 65,536, shades of gray. See also facsimile and pixel.
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Grayscale Sentence Examples

  • It is displayed in color on viewers and printers that support color postscript, otherwise it is displayed as grayscale.

  • On the other hand, if grayscale prints aren't going to cut it, you want to make sure you look only at color printers within your budget.

  • All except the iPad have a grayscale display, called E-ink; the iPad has backlit IPS color.

  • Dycam Model 3 - The Logitech Fotoman Plus offered 24 bit color or grayscale.

  • The easiest way to do this is to simply switch the photo mode from color to grayscale, but this may result in images that seem to lack depth.

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