| English | Spanish |
| accent color | color de énfasis (A color that affects the background and system controls throughout the new Windows user interface) |
| active color | color activo (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 | paleta de colores activa (A subset of up to 256 of the colors in the True Color spectrum) |
| background color | color de fondo (The color against which characters and graphics are displayed) |
| 8-bit color | color de 8 bits (A display setting that holds up to 256 specific color entries. Any color palette attached to a picture is by definition an 8-bit palette) |
| brand colors | colores que identifican la marca, identidad cromática (The colors that are specific to a particular company or product) |
| color balance | Balance de color (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 | cuadro de colores (A set of color choices located in a workpane) |
| color burn | Subexposición del color (A blending mode where the background colors are darkened based on the foreground colors. A black foreground color will result in black, while a white foreground color will have no effect) |
| color calibration | calibración del color (The process of ensuring the accurate reproduction of color for images. Full color calibration is usually a two-step process: calibrating your input device, such as a scanner; and calibrating your output device, such as a printer or monitor. By calibrating your input and output devices correctly, color is captured accurately by your scanner and is reproduced faithfully on your monitor or printer) |
| Color Cast | Dominante de color (A filter that removes the color cast from a photo) |
| color cast | dominante de color (A predominance of a color in a picture that causes the rest of the colors to look inaccurate) |
| color category | categoría de color (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 | codificado por colores (Classified or identified according to color) |
| color depth | profundidad de color (The number of color values that can be assigned to a single pixel in an image. Color depth can range from 1 bit (black and white) to 32 bits (over 16.7 million colors)) |
| color dodge | Sobreexposición del color (" A blending mode in which the color channels of the background color are brightened based on the color channels in the foreground color. If the foreground color is black, then it has no effect. Anything brighter than black "dodges" or "lightens" the background.") |
| Color Dropper | Cuentagotas de color (A tool that lets you copy the screen color from one object to another) |
| color editor | editor de colores (An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background)) |
| color gamut | gama de colores (The particular range of colors that a device or color model is able to produce) |
| color index | índice de colores (An index mode that specifies colors as indexes into a palette instead of as levels of red, green, and blue) |
| color key | clave de color (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 | transparencia de la clave de color (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 | nivel de color (The intensity value of a color in an image) |
| color look-up table | tabla CLUT (When a graphic is created or edited, the user may specify a CLUT that corresponds with the needs of print, Web, or other destination media. In Web design, a specific CLUT of browser-safe colors is used to be certain graphics and designs will display consistently across different platforms and with different browsers) |
| color menu button | boton Menú de colores (A button that drops down to expose a color palette when a user clicks it) |
| color model | modelo de colores (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 en color (A monitor designed to work with a video card or adapter to produce text or graphics images in color) |
| color palette | paleta de colores (A collection of colors that are available when you want to apply color to a fill, line, or text) |
| color picker | Selector de colores (An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background)) |
| color printer | impresora de color (A computer printer that can print full-color output. Most color printers can also produce black-and-white output) |
| color profile | perfil de color (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 | rampa de colores (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 scheme | combinación de colores (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 | separación de colores (The process of printing the colors in a document as separate output files, each of which is to be printed using a different-colored ink. There are two types of color separation: spot color separation and process color separation) |
| color separation | separaciones de colores (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 | espacio de colores (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 | conversión de espacio de colores (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 | conversión de espacio de colores (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 model | modelo de espacio de colores (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 spectrum | espectro de colores (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) |
| color table | tabla de colores (When a graphic is created or edited, the user may specify a CLUT that corresponds with the needs of print, Web, or other destination media. In Web design, a specific CLUT of browser-safe colors is used to be certain graphics and designs will display consistently across different platforms and with different browsers) |
| complementary colors | colores complementarios (Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as yellow and blue) |
| custom color | color personalizado (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 | paleta de colores personalizada (A set of colors on a palette with up to 256 specific color entries) |
| Display Color Calibration | Calibración de colores de pantalla (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 | Asistente para calibración de colores de pantalla (A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content) |
| foreground color | color de primer plano (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 | Colores del espectro en secuencia (A filter effect in Windows Movie Maker) |
| ink color | color del trazo (The color of the writing or drawing on the page or the color of the pen that you select) |
| pad color | color de relleno (The color of the extra space, when padding is applied) |
| process color | color básico de la cuatricromía (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) |
| sample color | color de muestra (A single color that is based on the dominant color of an entire image) |
| scheme color | color de la combinación (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 | pincel de color sólido (A brush composed of a single color) |
| spot color | color directo (A premixed color matched to a standard color guide, such as PANTONE) |
| system color | color del 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 | color para temas (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 | espacio de color YUV (A color model that describes color information in terms of its brightness (luminance, or Y), and color (chrominance, or U and V)) |
