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white point, <of a display illuminant>
point in a chromaticity diagram, that represents the colour of the addition of 100 % of the three display primaries measured in a direction perpendicular to the display faceplate
Note 1 to entry: Some displays incorporate more than three display primaries and in those cases, the manufacturer of the display decides how to create the white point.
Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-1433 in CIE S 017:2011.