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color bar

NOUN
discriminatory barrier separating nonwhite people from white people
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That’s the name for the test images — typically of a white woman and a color bar — used since the 1920s for film processing calibrations.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021

His use of the color bar refers to calibrating color on the screen, which helps determine what and who is visible.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2020

Each image is photographed next to a color bar with different hues numbered and therefore measurable.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2014

What other thought does the man who shattered baseball’s color bar need to leave us with?

From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2014

Zubeida was the wife of my friend Cassim Patel, a member of the Indian Congress, and she was without any sense of color bar whatsoever.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela