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[css-color-4] Add exported definition of luminance
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An <dfn export>additive color space</dfn>
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means that the coordinate system is linear in light intensity.
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The <abbr title="International Commission on Illumination, = Commission internationale de l'éclairage (in French)">CIE</abbr>
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XYZ color space is an additive color space
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(in addition, the Y component of XYZ is the
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<abbr title="the intensity per unit area, or 'how bright it is'">luminance</abbr>).
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XYZ color space is an additive color space.
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The Y component of XYZ is the
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<dfn export>luminance</dfn>, the light intensity per unit area,
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or 'how bright it is'. Luminance is measured in candelas per square meter.
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cd/m², also called <em>nits</em>.
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In an additive color space, calculations can be done
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to <em>accurately predict</em> color mixing. Most RGB spaces

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