Chinese word

饱和度

Pronunciation

Pinyinbǎo hé dù

Meaning

  • nounsaturation

Example

这个颜色的饱和度很高。zhè ge yán sè de bǎo hé dù hěn gāo

This color's saturation is very high.

Illustration for 饱和度 (saturation)

More examples

你可以通过调节滑块来减少饱和度。nǐ ké yǐ tōng guò tiáo jié huá kuài lái jián shǎo bǎo hé dù

You can lower the saturation by adjusting the slider.

Core concept

A measure of how strongly a color is filled with pure hue: high saturation looks vivid, while low saturation looks closer to gray; a substance can also be full to capacity.

Common phrases

  • 调整饱和度tiáo zhěng bǎo hé dù

    adjust saturation

  • 提高饱和度tí gāo bǎo hé dù

    raise saturation

  • 图像的饱和度tú xiàng de bǎo hé dù

    image saturation

Similar words

色相sè xiàng: The quality that identifies a color as red, yellow, blue, or another type.
亮度liàng dù: The amount of lightness a color has, from dark to bright.
纯度chún dù: The degree to which a color contains its own pure color rather than dull mixed tones.

Definition in Chinese

表示颜色中纯色成分的强弱程度，数值高表示颜色更鲜艳、更纯；在化学等领域也可用来表示达到不能再吸收更多成分的饱满程度。biǎo shì yán sè zhōng chún sè chéng fèn de qiáng ruò chéng dù shù zhí gāo biǎo shì yán sè gèng xiān yàn gèng chún zài huà xué děng lǐng yù yě kě yòng lái biǎo shì dá dào bù néng zài xī shōu gèng duō chéng fèn de báo mǎn chéng dù

Word origin

饱和度 (bǎohédù, "degree of saturation") combines 饱和 (bǎohé, "full or saturated") + 度 (dù, "degree") to name how complete that state is.

Usage tips

  • In photo-editing apps, a highly saturated color can still be dark, so this word describes color intensity rather than the amount of light in the picture.

Other meanings

  • saturation ratenoun

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