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What is the noun for brightness?

What's the noun for brightness? Here's the word you're looking for.

bright
brightener
  1. One who or that which brightens.
  2. A chemical agent that absorbs ultraviolet and violet light and re-emits blue light by fluorescence, used to make fabric or paper look whiter.
  3. (metallurgy) Any substance added to an electrolytic bath to yield a brighter electroplated surface.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Uvitex 2B stain is an optical brightener that specifically binds to the chitin of fungal cell walls.”
      “You might imagine that a brightener was some sort of patent polisher for stoves, metal, or even boots.”
      “Mine was to gird my loins at Lucille's and Redfern's, in order to become a brightener.”
brightness
  1. The quality of being bright.
  2. The perceived luminance of an object.
  3. Intelligence, cleverness.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “An astronomer can determine the brightness of each star.”
      “The ministers learned to love the boy for his mental brightness, his moral excellence, and his sincere piety.”
      “I felt a reassuring increase in alertness and enthusiasm and a brightness in mood. And as happens with me when I have caffeine, I became quite talkative and spoke to and joked with many people during the workout.”
brightening
brightenings
brighteners
  1. plural of brightener
  2. Examples:
    1. “Arches Bright White is created without optical brighteners or bleaches with only the purest well water and cotton fibers, company officials said.”
      “Softeners, optical brighteners, and antistatic agents also may be used on some fabrics.”
      “See? Waggish Samurai, built for the ages, goes gushy puppy dog for brighteners.”
brightnesses
brights
  1. plural of bright
  2. Examples:
    1. “Summer brights include red, various shades of pink, sunshine yellows and lots of pastel shades and candy colours.”
      “Highly saturated with pigment, brights are not diluted with black or white.”
      “This morning I noticed a cherry tree which has begun its spiralling journey towards the burning brights of autumn colour.”
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