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Shading

Luminance

Converts color to grayscale. The luminance derives from a color value. Maya uses the following formula to calculate the luminance by adding the following amounts of red, green, and blue.

Luminance = 0.3 red + 0.59 green + 0.11 blue 

Find this utility in the Create Bar (see Hide, resize or customize the Create bar).

To use this utility, see Use the Luminance utility.

Value

The input color or texture.