noun
mirek
noun
1
A unit used by lighting professionals to measure how warm or cool a light source looks.
"The gel shifted the stage lights by about 20 mireks toward orange."
"Photographers sometimes convert color temperature in kelvin to mireks to work out how strong a filter needs to be."
How to Use Mirek
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA technical measurement of the "warmth" or "coolness" of light, used mainly in photography and stage lighting.
Memory tip
You'll mostly meet this word if you work with studio lighting or color-correction gels — it rarely comes up in everyday speech.
Word Forms
mireks plural
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The gel shifted the stage lights by about 20 _____ toward orange.