| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | accent color | 主题色 (A color that affects the background and system controls throughout the new Windows user interface) |
| comp., MS | accent color | 个性色 (A color that affects the background and system controls throughout the new Windows user interface) |
| comp., MS | active color | 当前颜色 (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) |
| comp., MS | active color palette | 活动调色板 (A subset of up to 256 of the colors in the True Color spectrum) |
| comp., MS | analogous colors | 相似颜色 (Colors that are directly next to each other on the color wheel. Each color has two analogous colors (one on each side of it)) |
| comp., MS | background color | 背景色 (The color against which characters and graphics are displayed) |
| comp., MS | 8-bit color | 8位彩色 (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) |
| comp., MS | brand colors | 品牌颜色 (The colors that are specific to a particular company or product) |
| comp., MS | Color average tool | 颜色对比工具 (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) |
| comp., MS | color balance | 颜色平衡 (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) |
| comp., MS | color box | 颜色框 (A set of color choices located in a workpane) |
| comp., MS | Color Cast | 色偏校正 (A filter that removes the color cast from a photo) |
| comp., MS | color cast | 色偏校正 (A predominance of a color in a picture that causes the rest of the colors to look inaccurate) |
| comp., MS | color category | 颜色类别 (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) |
| comp., MS | color editor | 颜色编辑器 (An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background)) |
| comp., MS | color gamut | 颜色域 (The particular range of colors that a device or color model is able to produce) |
| comp., MS | color graphics adapter | 彩色/图形适配器 (A video adapter board introduced by IBM in 1981 capable of several character and graphics modes, including character modes of 40 or 80 horizontal characters (columns) by 25 vertical lines with 16 colors, and graphics modes of 640 horizontal pixels by 200 vertical pixels with 2 colors, or 320 horizontal pixels by 200 vertical pixels with 4 colors) |
| comp., MS | color index | 颜色索引 (An index mode that specifies colors as indexes into a palette instead of as levels of red, green, and blue) |
| comp., MS | color key | 颜色键 (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) |
| comp., MS | color keying | 去除色彩 (The process of specifying colors of an image that are not transferred in a transparent bit-block transfer operation) |
| comp., MS | color look-up table | 颜色表 (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) |
| comp., MS | color menu button | 颜色菜单按钮 (A button that drops down to expose a color palette when a user clicks it) |
| comp., MS | color monitor | 彩色监视器 (A monitor designed to work with a video card or adapter to produce text or graphics images in color) |
| comp., MS | color palette | 调色板 (A collection of colors that are available when you want to apply color to a fill, line, or text) |
| comp., MS | color picker | 颜色选取器 (An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background)) |
| comp., MS | color printer | 彩色打印机 (A computer printer that can print full-color output. Most color printers can also produce black-and-white output) |
| comp., MS | color profile | 颜色配置文件 (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) |
| comp., MS | color ramp | 颜色渐变 (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) |
| comp., MS | color scale | 色阶 (A scale that displays the results of color rules only) |
| comp., MS | color scheme | 配色方案 (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) |
| comp., MS | color separation | 分色 (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) |
| comp., MS | color space | 颜色空间 (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) |
| comp., MS | color-space conversion | 颜色空间转换 (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) |
| comp., MS | color space conversion | 颜色空间转换 (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) |
| comp., MS | color space model | 颜色空间模型 (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) |
| comp., MS | color spectrum | 色谱 (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) |
| comp., MS | complementary colors | 补色 (Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as yellow and blue) |
| comp., MS | custom color | 自定义颜色 (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) |
| comp., MS | Display Color Calibration | 显示颜色校准 (A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content) |
| comp., MS | Display Color Calibration Wizard | 显示颜色校准向导 (A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content) |
| comp., MS | document colors | 文档颜色 (A portion of the color bar that allows the user to select one color from the set of colors in the current document) |
| comp., MS | foreground color | 前景色 (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) |
| comp., MS | Hue, Cycles Entire Color Spectrum | 色调，循环整个色谱 (A filter effect in Windows Movie Maker) |
| comp., MS | Image Color Matching | 图像颜色匹配 (Microsoft's implementation of device-independent color management support, as defined by the International Color Consortium (ICC)) |
| comp., MS | process color | 混色系统 (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) |
| comp., MS | scheme color | 配色方案颜色 (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) |
| comp., MS | solid color brush | 纯色画笔 (A brush composed of a single color) |
| comp., MS | spot color | 专色 (A premixed color matched to a standard color guide, such as PANTONE) |
| comp., MS | system color | 系统颜色 (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) |
| comp., MS | theme color | 主题颜色 (One of a set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme) |