color filter

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a screen of dyed gelatin or glass for controlling or modifying the reproduction of the colors of the subject as photographed.

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Etymology

Origin of color filter

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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color filter

Mounting the metalens on a tripod with a color filter and camera sensor, Park and the team took to the roof of Harvard's Science Center.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024

Instead of the more paper-like white of black and white E Ink, Kaleido is this... muddy greenish gray thanks to that color filter.

From The Verge ● Apr. 25, 2022

QD-OLED changes this up by emitting blue light through quantum dots to convert some of that blue into red and green without any need for the color filter.

From The Verge ● Jan. 4, 2022

Whenever there is a sufficient change in heat intensity, a different color filter pops in front of the thermograph's internal light bulb.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no retouching of any kind, and I think the print shows the value of using a color filter with an orthochromatic plate where colors are contrasted in the subject.

From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America