noun
washed-out color; color clipping; blown-out color
Photography term for areas where color information is lost due to overexposure, resulting in pure white or unnaturally bright patches.
明るい空の部分が色飛びしてしまった。
The bright sky area ended up with washed-out color.
色飛びを防ぐには露出を調整する必要がある。
To prevent color clipping, you need to adjust the exposure.
白飛び refers specifically to blown-out highlights (loss of detail in bright areas), while 色飛び emphasizes the loss of color information, often resulting in white or desaturated patches.
黒つぶれ is the opposite problem: loss of detail in shadows, where dark areas become solid black.
Compound of 色 (color) and 飛び (flying, skipping), from the verb 飛ぶ (to fly, to jump). The sense of 'skipping' or 'disappearing' gives the meaning of color being lost or washed out.