Meaning & use
desaturate
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To reduce the intensity or purity of color in an image, or to reduce the saturation of a solution.
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The photographer desaturated the image to give it a moody, near-black-and-white feel.
Editors often desaturate skin tones slightly to create a natural, filmic look.
A note on using this word
A common term in photo and video editing software, referring to the control that governs how vivid colors appear.
Words with a similar meaning
mutedull
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Words with an opposite meaning
saturateintensify
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