Saturation

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A measure of the strength of colour in a photograph. Many software programs allow you to adjust saturation adding grey to make the image appear more monochrome or removing grey to produce rich, highly saturated colours.

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A darkroom technique that is used to change the blacks of a black & white image into a chosen colour. The paper base is not affected so whites stay white. Common toning colours are sepia and blue. This can be achieved digitally using most software’s hue/saturation settings or Photoshop’s duotones system.