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Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to be radiating or reflecting light. In other words, brightness is the perception elicited by the luminance of a visual target. This is a subjective attribute/property of an object being observed and one of the color appearance parameters of  color appearance models. Brightness refers to an absolute term and should not be confused with Lightness.

Helligkeit ist ein Überbegriff subjektiver Eindrücke und objektiver Messgrößen für die Stärke einer visuellen Wahrnehmung von – sichtbarem – Licht.