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This is, according to my screen-measuring colorimeter, actually the brightness the Paperwhite reaches in its warmest (and least bright) setting.
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Andrew Williams, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
According to our colorimeter, the ROG Strix XG27AQDMG spanned 133% of the sRGB color gamut, 91% of Adobe RGB, and 95% of DCI-P3.
—PCMAG, 15 July 2024
According to our colorimeter, the MPG 271QRX QD-OLED spanned 153% of the sRGB color gamut, 96% of Adobe RGB, and 98% of DCI-P3.
—PCMAG, 9 July 2024
Video capture cards, audio preamps, colorimeter hardware, external GPUs, or even printers or scanners that require some kind of driver for advanced functionality—there aren't Arm Windows drivers for most of these things, and there's no way for Microsoft to translate or emulate the problem away.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024
My review unit covered 99.4 percent of the DCI-P3 color space, according to my colorimeter.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2023
Our final test with the Klein colorimeter measures the screen's contrast ratio, meaning the difference in luminance between the brightest white and darkest black that a monitor can produce.
—PCMAG, 15 Sep. 2023
The level of acceptability was determined by flavor as well as analysis of chemical reactions detected by colorimeter readings.
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2016
In practice, turning the knobs on a colorimeter is similar to adjusting the color balance on photo editing software.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2015
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Andrew Williams, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
According to our colorimeter, the ROG Strix XG27AQDMG spanned 133% of the sRGB color gamut, 91% of Adobe RGB, and 95% of DCI-P3.
—PCMAG, 15 July 2024
According to our colorimeter, the MPG 271QRX QD-OLED spanned 153% of the sRGB color gamut, 96% of Adobe RGB, and 98% of DCI-P3.
—PCMAG, 9 July 2024
Video capture cards, audio preamps, colorimeter hardware, external GPUs, or even printers or scanners that require some kind of driver for advanced functionality—there aren't Arm Windows drivers for most of these things, and there's no way for Microsoft to translate or emulate the problem away.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024
My review unit covered 99.4 percent of the DCI-P3 color space, according to my colorimeter.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2023
Our final test with the Klein colorimeter measures the screen's contrast ratio, meaning the difference in luminance between the brightest white and darkest black that a monitor can produce.
—PCMAG, 15 Sep. 2023
The level of acceptability was determined by flavor as well as analysis of chemical reactions detected by colorimeter readings.
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2016
In practice, turning the knobs on a colorimeter is similar to adjusting the color balance on photo editing software.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2015
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“Colorimeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorimeter. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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colorimeter
noun
col·or·im·e·ter
ˌkəl-ə-ˈrim-ət-ər 
: a device for determining and specifying colors
especially
: one used for chemical analysis by comparison of a liquid's color with standard colors
Medical Definition
colorimeter
noun
col·or·im·e·ter
ˌkəl-ə-ˈrim-ət-ər
: any of various instruments used to objectively determine the color of a solution
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