| English | Italian |
| accent color | colore principale (A color that affects the background and system controls throughout the new Windows user interface) |
| active color | colore attivo (The color displayed in the central square of the color box that appears in most workpanes. The active color is used when you create a new object and when you add fills and patterns to a selected object) |
| active color palette | tavolozza dei colori attiva (A subset of up to 256 of the colors in the True Color spectrum) |
| background color | colore di sfondo (The color against which characters and graphics are displayed) |
| brand colors | colori del marchio (The colors that are specific to a particular company or product) |
| Color average tool | strumento Tonalità intermedia (Tool that is used by dragging the eyedropper tool across a selection of graphics or various solid colors on a web page and thereby determining the average color spectrum) |
| color balance | Bilanciamento colori (A feature that lets the user change the overall color and tonal values of an image or object through three parameters: source lighting, saturation, and color balance) |
| color box | casella dei colori (A set of color choices located in a workpane) |
| Color Cast | Dominante colore (A filter that removes the color cast from a photo) |
| color cast | dominante di colore (A predominance of a color in a picture that causes the rest of the colors to look inaccurate) |
| color category | categoria colore (A keyword or phrase with an associated color that helps you keep track of items, such as messages, contacts, and appointments. You can use color categories to easily find, sort, filter, or group items) |
| color-coded | contraddistinto dal colore (Classified or identified according to color) |
| Color Dropper | Contagocce colore (A tool that lets you copy the screen color from one object to another) |
| color editor | editor dei colori (An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background)) |
| color gamut | gamma di colori (The particular range of colors that a device or color model is able to produce) |
| color key | chiave di colore (A color used for transparent or translucent effects. An overlay surface is displayed in the region of the primary surface that contains the color key. In video production, color keys are used to combine two video signals) |
| color key transparency | trasparenza della chiave di colore (A method for blending texture maps so that parts appear transparent. Color key transparency accomplishes this by defining a single color as transparent) |
| color level | livello di colore (The intensity value of a color in an image) |
| color menu button | pulsante tavolozza colori (A button that drops down to expose a color palette when a user clicks it) |
| color model | modello di colore (A way of defining color both for onscreen display and print. Colors can be described by using several different color models: HSV (hue, saturation, and value); CMY (cyan, magenta, and yellow); and RGB (red, green, and blue)) |
| color monitor | monitor a colori (A monitor designed to work with a video card or adapter to produce text or graphics images in color) |
| color palette | tavolozza dei colori (A collection of colors that are available when you want to apply color to a fill, line, or text) |
| color picker | selezione colori (An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background)) |
| color printer | stampante a colori (A computer printer that can print full-color output. Most color printers can also produce black-and-white output) |
| color profile | profilo colori (A profile that contains the data needed for translating the values of a color gamut. This data includes information about color, hue, saturation, and brightness) |
| color ramp | gradazioni di colore (A range of colors in which each color gradually blends into the next one. For example, a blue ramp gradually blends hues of blue from pure black to pure blue) |
| color scale | scala dei colori (A scale that displays the results of color rules only) |
| color scheme | combinazione colori (A predefined set of harmonized colors that you can apply to text and objects. Text and objects with an applied scheme color will change automatically when you switch to a new color scheme or modify the current color scheme) |
| color separation | separazione dei colori (A decomposed layer of a full-color image used in printing. Typical printing processes use four color separations (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) which combine together to produce the final image) |
| color space | spazio colore (The three-dimensional space that is defined by a set of coordinates for representing color on devices such as monitors, scanners, and printers. For example, in the LAB color space, the colors are defined in terms of their luminance or whiteness (L), redness-greenness (A), and yellowness-blueness (B); the HVC system uses hue (H), value (V), and chroma (C). The two most common color space models are RGB and YUV) |
| color-space conversion | conversione dello spazio colore (A technique for converting a color in one color space to another color space. Typically, this conversion is from YUV colors from a video source to RGB for display) |
| color space conversion | conversione dello spazio colore (A technique for converting a color in one color space to another color space. Typically, this conversion is from YUV colors from a video source to RGB for display) |
| color spectrum | spettro dei colori (Colors, as people see them, range from violet at the high-frequency end of the visible-light band to red at the low-frequency end. In PhotoDraw, the True Color spectrum is represented as a color matrix) |
| complementary colors | colori complementari (Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as yellow and blue) |
| custom color | colore personalizzato (A color in the Visio application that is stored with a shape as an RGB or HSL value rather than as an index to the document's color palette. A custom color is saved only with the shape to which it is applied) |
| custom color palette | tavolozza dei colori personalizzata (A set of colors on a palette with up to 256 specific color entries) |
| Display Color Calibration | Calibrazione guidata colori schermo (A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content) |
| Display Color Calibration Wizard | Calibrazione guidata colori schermo (A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content) |
| extra color | colore aggiuntivo (A color that is not part of a color scheme) |
| foreground color | colore primo piano (The color that is currently selected for drawing or displaying text on the screen. In monochrome displays, the foreground color is the color of a bitmap or other graphic) |
| Hue, Cycles Entire Color Spectrum | Colori dello spettro in sequenza (A filter effect in Windows Movie Maker) |
| Hue, Cycles Entire Color Spectrum | Colori dello sprettro in sequenza (A filter effect in Windows Movie Maker) |
| process color | colore per stampa in quadricromia (One of the four transparent inks (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) that are used in commercial printing to produce color photographic images and a wide range of solid colors) |
| RGB color space | spazio colori RGB (The multidimensional color space consisting of the red, green, and blue intensities that make up a given color) |
| sample color | colore campione (A single color that is based on the dominant color of an entire image) |
| scheme color | colore combinazione (One of the colors defined in a set of chosen colors. If you fill an object with a scheme color, the object's color changes whenever you choose another color scheme for that publication) |
| solid color brush | pennello tinta unita (A brush composed of a single color) |
| spot color | colore campione (A premixed color matched to a standard color guide, such as PANTONE) |
| system color | colore di sistema (A color that is defined by the operating system for a specific type of monitor and video adapter and that is associated with a specific part of the user interface, such as a window title or a menu) |
| theme color | colore del tema (One of a set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme) |
| YUV color space | spazio colore YUV (A color model that describes color information in terms of its brightness (luminance, or Y), and color (chrominance, or U and V)) |
