Audiovisual Dictionary

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B-Y

Blue minus luminance, one of the color signals in components.

Since any color signal can be formed with the three primary colors, red, green and blue, a formula is sought to reduce them and suppress the green of the components; B-Y = 0.3 R– 0.59 G – 0.89 B (0.3 Red minus 0.59 Green minus 0.89 Blue).