Bright may refer to:

Common meanings

*Bright, an adjective meaning giving off or reflecting illumination; see

Brightness Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to be radiating or reflecting light. In other words, brightness is the perception elicited by the luminance of a visual target. The perception is not linear to luminance, ...

*Bright, an adjective meaning someone with

intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. More generally, it can b ...

People

Bright (surname) Bright is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. D. Bright (1838–1898), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court * Adam Bright (1984-), Australian pitcher * Alfred L. Bright (1940-2019), American artist *Annie Bright (1840–1913 ...

Bright (given name) Bright is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: ;Given name * Bright Addae, Ghanaian footballer * Bright Allotey, Ghanaian footballer * Bright Edomwonyi, Nigerian footballer * Bright Enobakhare, Nigerian footballer * Bright E ...

*Bright, the stage name of Thai actor/musician

Vachirawit Chiva-aree Vachirawit Chivaree ( th, วชิรวิชญ์ ชีวอารี; born 27 December 1997), known professionally as Bright Vachirawit or Bright ( th, ไบร์ท), is a Thai actor, singer, television host, model and entertainer. He i ...

Places

Australia

Bright, Victoria Bright (pronunciation: ) is a town in northeastern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 319 metres above sea level at the southeastern end of the Ovens Valley. At the , Bright had a population of 2,406. It is in the Alpine Shire local gove ...

, a town *

Electoral district of Bright Bright is a former electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was named in honour of Charles Bright, at various times South Australian Supreme Court Judge, Flinders University Chancellor, Health Commission chairman, and Electoral ...

in South Australia

Canada

Bright Parish, New Brunswick Bright is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Keswick Ridge and the parish of Bright, both of which are members of Regional Service Commission 11 ...

Northern Ireland

Bright, County Down Bright is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Lecale Upper. It is also a townland of 336 acres. History Bright is mentioned in the Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick by its old Irish name of '' ...

, a village and parish in County Down

United States

Bright, Indiana Bright is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,814 at the 2020 census. History A post office was established at Bright in 1847, and remained in operation unt ...

, a census-designated place *

Bright, West Virginia Bright is an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cl ...

, an unincorporated community * Bright, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Arts and entertainment

Music

Bright (American band) Bright is a post-rock and ambient music group based in Brooklyn, New York. Background Bright formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 initially as a recording project, with Mark Dwinell (guitar, vocals) and Joe LaBrecque (drums) creating son ...

, an experimental pop group from Brooklyn, New York ** ''Bright'' (Bright (American band) album), the eponymous debut from the aforementioned group *

Bright (Japanese band) Bright (stylized as BRIGHT) was a dance vocal band in Japan under major label Rhythm Zone. History The chorus group named was formed in 2001 with the members Nagi, Mi-Mi and Meg. These members of the group were childhood friends from elementary ...

, a dance vocal band from Japan ** ''Bright'' (Bright (Japanese band) album) * "Bright" (song), a song by Echosmith *''

Brighten ''Brighten'' is the third solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell. It was released on October 29, 2021, and it is Cantrell's first independent album. The first single, " Atone", was released on July 29, 2021. The second ...

'', a 2021 album by Jerry Cantrell

Other media

* ''Bright'' (film), a 2017 fantasy film starring Will Smith *

Bright Noa This is a list of fictional characters from the 1979 Japanese science fiction anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. Earth Federation Amuro Ray is the son of Tem Ray, the project leader for the Earth Federation's Project V, whi ...

, a fictional character from the ''Gundam'' anime metaverse *

Bright (Suikoden) is a role-playing video game published by Konami. It is the first installment of the ''Suikoden'' series. Developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, it was released initially in 1995 for the PlayStation in Japan. A North American release ...

, a character from the ''Genso Suikoden'' series of games

Businesses

Bright (company) Bright is a company producing 3D, immersive, playful contents and experiences owned by Abdel Bounane. It transforms complex informations in playful, immersive experiences like 3D infographics, experiential websites, videogames. For Abdel Bounane, ...

, a platform distributing digital art *

Bright.com Bright.com was an employment website that uses a computer algorithm to match potential employee to advertised positions. Bright Media was the parent company of Bright.com and Bright Labs, a group that provided access to data and resources on the cu ...

, an online job matching tool acquired by LinkedIn *

Bright Automotive Bright Automotive was a startup company in Anderson, Indiana, working to create a fuel-efficient line of plug-in electric vehicles.Fehrenbacher, Katie. "The First Investment from GM's VC Arm: Bright Automotive: Cleantech News and Analysis «." G ...

, American manufacturer of electric vehicles *

More Radio Mid-Sussex More Radio Mid-Sussex, formerly Bright FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Lewes and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios in Worthing, as part of ...

, formerly Bright FM, a local radio station in Sussex, UK

Technology

BRIGHT (nanosatellite) The Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment (CanX) program is a Canadian CubeSat nanosatellite program operated by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS/SFL). The program's objectives are to invo ...

, the BRIght-star Target Explorer *

Gradient Bright The Gradient Bright is a Czech single-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague. Originally produced in the mid-2000s, it was still in production in 2016 as the Bright 5.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory ...

, a Czech paraglider design

Other uses

*, a Hansa A Type cargo ship bearing this name 1967-69