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picture black

picture black noun: the darkest black that can be produced in a television image.

Noun

picture black (countable and uncountable, plural picture blacks)

  1. The darkest black that can be produced in a television image.
    • At the same time the picture blacks may be reproduced at levels as high as 20 or 30 IRE units.1966, Rodger J. Ross, Television Film Engineering, page 331

Forms of picture black

pluralpicture blacks

Questions about picture black

What does picture black mean?
Picture black means the darkest black that can be produced in a television image.
What part of speech is picture black?
Picture black is a noun.
What is the plural of picture black?
The plural of picture black is picture blacks.

Words near picture black in the dictionary

  1. picturae
  2. pictural
  3. picturality
  4. picturals
  5. picture
  6. picture black
  7. picture blacks
  8. picture book
  9. picture books
  10. picture box
  11. picture boxes

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