A black-and-white photograph of a scene eliminates the hues and intensities of the scene's colors but captures the ________ of the colors.
A) pigments
B) chromas
C) harmonies
D) values
E) All of these answers are correct.

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The value of a color refers to its brightness or darkness, regardless of its hue or intensity. When a photograph is converted to black-and-white, the varying values of the colors in the scene are what create contrast and depth in the image. Pigments, chromas, and harmonies are not directly related to the grayscale representation of colors.

A Black-And-White Photograph of a Scene Eliminates the Hues and Intensities