How to Use luminance in a Sentence

luminance

noun
  • Every room in his body flooded with the aquatic luminance of night.
    — Muriel Leung Victoria Chang, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022
  • So Feinberg's team did it with varying amounts of light—with luminance.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 29 Apr. 2021
  • For example, yellow and brown are the same hue but differ in luminance.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Opt for soft white bulbs with a low color temperature and luminance.
    — Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Researchers asked subjects if the probe appeared in the top or bottom half of the luminance gratings.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2022
  • The sliders for color noise and luminance work as expected.
    — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This oil helps to replenish elasticity while adding luminance to your face.
    — Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Scientists can calculate the wavelength of the light and the luminance, or brightness, of a color.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Here, Andreo has draped the color data onto the more detailed luminance image.
    — Alexis Madrigal, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2009
  • In her work, she’s found that with the exact same level of physical luminance, a corner is going to look brighter than a straight edge or the soft curve of a circle.
    — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2020
  • This perhaps had something to do with the curious luminance of the boy’s face, as in paintings of saints, as though the glow were the emanation of grace.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Otherwise, the smart display has a much more modest luminance level and will adjust its white balance to blend with its surroundings.
    — PCMAG, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The blue dot on the top of the cube and the one on the darker side are exactly the same hue, reflecting light with identical intensity, or luminance.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • In the behavioral study, researchers showed subjects briefly two light patterns made up of alternating strips of black and white lines, called luminance gratings.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2022
  • Even though these hues all differed by the same amount of luminance, the brain processed the pair of warm colors as being much more different from one another, compared to the two blues.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The decision to go with both color and luminance registers probably would not have been made but for the simplicity of the color control.
    — Tekla S. Perry, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The contrast ratio indicates the difference in luminance between the brightest white and the darkest black that a monitor can produce.
    — PCMAG, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Without the mangroves, the bay will lose its luminance - our support will restore these precious ecosystems while also securing the local economy.
    — Angela Chan, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • Mobile photography shone bright for aurorae, and for capturing luminance from solar winds.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 18 Aug. 2025
  • And micro-contrast enhances the distinction between areas that are very slightly different in their luminance values.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2016
  • Each multitasking formula keeps your makeup look in place while maximizing its luminance, giving your glam a fresh, crease-free finish (even after hours of wear).
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Raw images also skip noise reduction; Lightroom's default noise reduction does a very good job cutting away color noise but leaves some grain (luminance noise) to avoid a waxy look.
    — PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Contrast ratio indicates the difference in luminance between the brightest white and darkest black a monitor can produce.
    — PCMAG, 9 July 2024
  • Add some luminance to your complexion before hitting the town with this Tom Ford foundation that’s currently $45 off.
    — Averi Baudler, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • In this process, called luminance, the metal absorbs energy from the explosion, something called excitation, emitting a color of light specific to that metal.
    — Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, 3 July 2018
  • With unique natural ingredients like kakadu plum, finger lime, and Tasmanian pepper leaf, these ingredients work to even skin tone and restore luminance to dull skin.
    — Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Our final test with the Klein colorimeter measures the screen's contrast ratio, meaning the difference in luminance between the brightest white and darkest black that a monitor can produce.
    — PCMAG, 15 Sep. 2023
  • What leaps out at any of the Stradivari recitals, and Wednesday was no exception, is the silvery glow of the Strad sound, a luminance that carries from the slightest touch of the bow to the most robust playing.
    — Joe Banno, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Even with the panel’s average peak luminance, very sunny shots look bright and natural, with the mini-LED dimming ensuring strong details in shaded parts of the frame.
    — PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Consider upping the contrast and clarity, sharpening and pushing the saturation and luminance to bolster the red colors of totality — but be so careful not to overdo it.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

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