Synonyms for illuminant
ɪˈlu mə nəntil·lu·mi·nant

Princeton's WordNet

1. illuminantnoun

   something that can serve as a source of light

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How to use illuminant in a sentence?

1. Jay Neitz:

   Our visual system is supposed to throw away information about the illuminant and extract information about the actual reflectance, but I’ve studied individual differences in color vision for 30 years, and this is one of the biggest individual differences I’ve ever seen.