About Brightness

Brightness is a term that describes how bright a colour is without giving any indication of its hue or saturation. In PMIO a brightness of 0% means 'black' and 100% means 'White':

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Brightness

PMIO measures the average brightness of every image it encounters while it is creating thumbnails. This information can be used to sort the thumbnails in the order of their overall brightness.

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Original image

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Average colour; bri = 60%

See also:
About Hue

About Saturation

About Colour Temperature

Sorting Thumbnails