overbrightness
Too much light
Overbrightness is excessive brightness—more light or intensity than is comfortable or appropriate.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: adjusting a monitor's overbrightness, correcting overbrightness in a photograph.
The overbrightness of the headlights made it hard to see the road.
Painfully intense light
- glaringHarshly conspicuous or bright
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
brilliant · intense · harsh · piercing · searing · blazing · incandescent · effulgent
Narrowing eyes to see
- photophobiaAbnormal aversion to brightness
- eye strainTired, aching vision
- headacheCranial pain
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
sensitivity · irritation · wincing · aversion · tearing · dry eyes · blurred vision · afterimages
Returned light or thought
- halationLight spreading beyond edges
- flareSudden bright burst
- hotspotsTrendy or active areas
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
veiling · specular · sunglare · windshield · screen glare · lens flare · washout · backscatter
Light per unit area
- contrastNotable difference between things
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
- backlightIllumination behind a display
HDR · clipping · saturation · color accuracy · nits · dimming · night mode · blue light
Measure of visible light
- luxSI illuminance unit
- wattageElectrical output measure
- dimmerLight intensity regulator
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
lampshade · fixture · bulb · fluorescent · LED · overhead · ambient · flood
Excessive amount of something
- clippingPiece cut out
- histogramFrequency distribution graph
- dynamic rangeSignal amplitude span
- bracketingTaking varied exposure shots
stops · white balance · metering · aperture · burned out · latitude
blinding
Painfully intense light
- glaringHarshly conspicuous or bright
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
gleaming · brilliant · intense · harsh · piercing · searing · blazing · incandescent · effulgent · refulgent
squinting
Narrowing eyes to see
- photophobiaAbnormal aversion to brightness
- eye strainTired, aching vision
- headacheCranial pain
fatigue · sensitivity · irritation · wincing · aversion · tearing · dry eyes · blurred vision · afterimages · pain
reflections
Returned light or thought
bloom · veiling · specular · sunglare · windshield · screen glare · lens flare · washout · backscatter · halos
luminance
Light per unit area
- contrastNotable difference between things
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
backlight · HDR · clipping · saturation · color accuracy · nits · dimming · night mode · blue light · adjustment
lumens
Measure of visible light
diffusion · lampshade · fixture · bulb · fluorescent · LED · overhead · ambient · flood · spot
overexposure
Excessive amount of something
- clippingPiece cut out
- histogramFrequency distribution graph
- dynamic rangeSignal amplitude span
bracketing · stops · white balance · metering · aperture · burned out · latitude
bright, brighten, brightness, brightly, brilliance, brightest, brightened, brightening, overbright