[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vivid \viv"id\ vi^v"i^d, a. l. vividus, from vivere to
   life; akin to vivus living. see quick, a., and cf.
   revive, viand, victuals, vital.
   1. true to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or
      freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense;
      as, vivid colors.
      1913 webster

            in dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play.
                                                  --cowper.
      1913 webster

            arts which present, with all the vivid charms of
            painting, the human face and human form divine.
                                                  --bp. hobart.
      1913 webster

   2. forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors;
      lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
      1913 webster

            body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid
            faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. --south.
      1913 webster

   syn: clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick;
        sprightly; active.
        1913 webster -- viv"idly, adv. -- viv"idness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
quick revive viand victuals vital viv"idly 
viv"idness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vividness
     n 1: interest and variety and intensity; "the puritan period was
          lacking in color" syn: color, colour
     2: chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence
        vividness of hue syn: saturation, chroma, intensity
see also:
color colour saturation chroma intensity 

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