Editing Color term (section)

=== Non-hue terms ===
This article mostly describes the color terms that define the ''hue'' of a color, since hue is considered the most innate dimension of the three. However, other terms are often used to describe the other two dimensions, which can be seen as common prefixes to the root terms that generally describe hue. Adding prefixes to root color terms generates [[wikt:multilexemic|multilexemic]] colors. Examples of common prefix adjectives can be seen in a [[List_of_colors_(compact)|list of color names]] and are described:
* [[Brightness]]: can describe either high luminosity or high saturation, according to the [[Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect]] and/or [[Hunt effect (color)|Hunt effect]].
* [[Lightness]]: describes both a high luminosity ''and'' low saturation
* [[Darkness]]: the opposite of lightness, or low luminosity
* [[Paleness (color)|Paleness]], ''dullness'': a measure of desaturation
* [[wikt:deep#Adjective|Deep]], [[Royal blue|Royal]]: may refer to darkness and/or high saturation; unrelated to [[color depth]].
* [[Colorfulness#Excitation purity|Pure]], ''Bold'', [[wikt:vivid|Vivid]], [[wikt:rich#Adjective|Rich]]: all referring to high saturation
* [[Pastel (color)|Pastel]]: refers to colors with high luminosity and low saturation.
* [[wikt:neon#Adjective|Neon]]: bright, in either of the word's connotations; alluding to the bright glow of [[neon lighting]].
* [[fluorescence|Fluorescent]]: very bright, sometimes also highly saturated. Named after the [[fluorescence]] effect of [[pigment]]s and [[dye]]s, which can produce a luminous glow when viewed under [[ultraviolet|ultraviolet light]], thereby appearing significantly brighter than their surroundings.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Schoonmaker |date=May–June 2006 |title=Sunshine on a cloudy day |magazine=American Scientist |volume=94 |number=3 |page=217 |doi=10.1511/2006.59.217 |url=https://www.americanscientist.org/article/sunshine-on-a-cloudy-day}}</ref>