# Matte display

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{{Short description|Electronic display with a matte surface}}
[[Image:Glossy-Matte-394-S1.png|thumb|200px|[Reflection](/source/Reflection_(physics)) of a [fluorescent ceiling light](/source/fluorescent_light), as seen in a glossy screen (left) and matte screen (right)]]

A '''matte display''' is an [electronic display](/source/display_device) with a matte surface. Matte displays feature a light-scattering antireflection layer, which reduces reflectivity at the cost of decreased contrast and color intensity under dimly lit conditions.<ref name="popmech">Johnson, Joel. [http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4213062.html "LCD Monitors: Glossy vs. Matte"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118004817/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4213062.html |date=2007-11-18 }}. ''[Popular Mechanics](/source/Popular_Mechanics)''. April 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2007.</ref> If the steep nanostructures are used – etched in the surface – a matte display can achieve an effect that is similar to continuous refraction index reduction.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Displays: Fundamentals and Applications|last1=Hainich|first1=Rolf|last2=Bimber|first2=Oliver|publisher=CRC Press|year=2016|isbn=9781568814391|location=Boca Raton, FL|pages=239}}</ref> 

The image quality in displays with matte finish is not as sharp or bright as a glossy screen but is easier to color-match and calibrate with a printer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wIAAAAAMBAJ&q=matte+display&pg=PA40|title=Glossy or Matte, Shiny or Flat|date=February 2008|publisher=Mac Life|pages=40|language=en}}</ref>  

==See also==
* [Anti-reflective coating](/source/Anti-reflective_coating)
* [Glossy display](/source/Glossy_display)
* [Nanotextured surface](/source/Nanotextured_surface)

==References==
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'''Further references'''
* CIE No38-1977: Radiometric and photometric characteristics of materials and their measurement
* CIE No 44-1979: Absolute methods for reflection measurements
* CIE No17.4-1987: International lighting vocabulary, 4th ed. (Joint publication IEC/CIE)
* John C. Stover, Optical Scattering, Measurement and Analysis, SPIE Press, 1995

== External links ==

* [http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1725686&cid=32971530 I work for an LCD manufacturer] : Insightful slashdotter on the mathematical significance of screen specs.

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