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| accent color | Akzentfarbe (A color that affects the background and system controls throughout the new Windows user interface) |
| active color | aktive Farbe (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 | aktive Farbpalette (A subset of up to 256 of the colors in the True Color spectrum) |
| analogous colors | Analogfarben (Colors that are directly next to each other on the color wheel. Each color has two analogous colors (one on each side of it)) |
| background color | Hintergrundfarbe (The color against which characters and graphics are displayed) |
| 8-bit color | 8-Bit-Farbe (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 | Markenfarben (The colors that are specific to a particular company or product) |
| Color average tool | Farbmittelwertwerkzeug (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-coded | farbkodiert (Classified or identified according to color) |
| color editor | Farb-Editor (An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background)) |
| color key transparency | Transparenzgrad der Transparenzfarbe (A method for blending texture maps so that parts appear transparent. Color key transparency accomplishes this by defining a single color as transparent) |
| color look-up table | Farbindextabelle (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 | Farbmenü-Schaltfläche (A button that drops down to expose a color palette when a user clicks it) |
| color-space conversion | Farbraumkonvertierung (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 | Farbraumkonvertierung (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 | Farbraummodell (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 | Farbspektrum (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 | Komplementärfarben (Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as yellow and blue) |
| custom color | benutzerdefinierte Farbe (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 | benutzerdefinierte Farbpalette (A set of colors on a palette with up to 256 specific color entries) |
| Display Color Calibration | Kalibrierung der Bildschirmfarben (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 | Assistent für die Kalibrierung der Bildschirmfarben (A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content) |
| document colors | Dokumentfarben (A portion of the color bar that allows the user to select one color from the set of colors in the current document) |
| extra color | zusätzliche Farbe (A color that is not part of a color scheme) |
| foreground color | Vordergrundfarbe (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 | Farbton, durchläuft gesamtes Farbspektrum (A filter effect in Windows Movie Maker) |
| pad color | Füllfarbe (The color of the extra space, when padding is applied) |
| process color | Prozessfarbe (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 | Musterfarbe (A single color that is based on the dominant color of an entire image) |
| scheme color | Schemafarbe (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 | Pinsel mit Volltonfarbe (A brush composed of a single color) |
| spot color | Spotfarbe (A premixed color matched to a standard color guide, such as PANTONE) |
| system color | Systemfarbe (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 | Farbdesign (One of a set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme) |
