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Colour science & colour management · Working

Scene-referred

ELI5

Image values related to light in the original scene instead of a specific display.

Used in conversation

“The scene-referred changes the audience’s experience, so judge it against the whole scene.”

Definition

Image values related to light in the original scene rather than a specific display.

Here “Scene-referred” means: Image values related to light in the original scene rather than a specific display.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Scene-referred” in editing, colour, post & delivery conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how recorded material becomes a finished, approved and technically deliverable work.

Connected terms

  • Display-referredComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
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Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.