Contrast adjusts the difference in brightness between the darkest and lightest tones in your picture.
When you drag this slider to the right (increasing contrast), you “stretch out” the histogram’s data, creating darker blacks and brighter whites. It’s like parting (or joining) the middle of the histogram.^[Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Classroom in a Book® (2023 release)#^14d393]
Status:: #wiki/notes/mature
Plantations:: Photography
References:: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Classroom in a Book (2023 release) - 0137983395