color grade

Diamond clarity assessment

Color grade refers to a standardized rating of color quality, most commonly for diamonds and gemstones, where the scale runs from colorless (most valuable) to noticeably tinted.

The term also appears in film and video production, where to color grade is to adjust the colors of footage for aesthetic effect or consistency: The cinematographer spent weeks color grading the final cut.

A colorist performs color grading.

Related

calibration · diamond · brightness · contrast · warmth · tone · film · cinematic · correction · balance · exposure · vibrancy · palette · gemstone · certificate · filter · luminance · yellow

Opposites
diamond quality characteristics

color gradecut

Severance or reduction

clarity · carat weight · carat · brilliance · fluorescence

post-production processes

color gradesound mixing

Balancing multiple audio sources

audio mastering · sound design · visual effects · editing · raw footage

color presence in diamonds

color gradecolorless

Devoid of pigmentation

colorlessness · absence of color · clarity

Family

color, grade, colors, colored, coloring, colorful, colorless, coloration, discolor

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