| Contaminated Blacks | |
| Display Text | Contaminated Blacks |
| Description | “Contaminated Blacks” refers to black levels that have additional saturation or enhanced noise/blocking. |
| Impact | Contaminated blacks negatively impact the member experience when black levels appear unnatural or “noisy”. |
| Severity Assessment Guidance | |
| FYI | N/A |
| Issue | Blacks/shadows are overly noisy, blocky or have a red, blue, green tint. |
| Blocker | N/A |
| Solutions | |
| How to Prevent | Review color correction to ensure black levels are not overly “pushed” inducing unintended noise. |
| How to Fix | Confirm creative intent. If necessary, return to the color grade to adjust levels and saturation. If necessary, apply a noise filter to the shadows. Noise filters may defocus the image, so use in moderation. |