lightness

light·ness ¹  (ltns)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being illuminated.

2. The dimension of the color of an object by which the object appears to reflect or transmit more or less of the incident light, varying from black to white for surface colors and from black to colorless for transparent volume colors.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lightness - a feeling of joy and pride high spirits, elation joy, joyfulness, joyousness - the emotion of great happiness euphoria, euphory - a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
	2.	lightness - the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood" weightlessness weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity airiness, buoyancy - the property of something weightless and insubstantial heaviness, weightiness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"
	3.	lightness - the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble agility, legerity, lightsomeness, nimbleness gracefulness - beautiful carriage
	4.	lightness - having a light color value - relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe darkness - having a dark or somber color
	5.	lightness - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" light visual property - an attribute of vision gloriole, halo, nimbus, aura, aureole, glory - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint sunniness - lightness created by sunlight highlighting, highlight - an area of lightness in a picture brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
	6.	lightness - the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous lightsomeness giddiness, silliness - an impulsive scatterbrained manner

Translations

lightness [ˈlaɪtnɪs] n → claridad f;

(in weight) → ligereza

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lightness [ˈlaɪtnɪs] n → clarté f;

(in weight) → légèreté f

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lightness [ˈlaɪtnɪs] light n (in weight) → Leichtigkeit f

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lightness [ˈlaɪtnɪs] n → chiarezza;

(in weight) → leggerezza