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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area countable, uncountable
2. 2
   chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue wordnet
3. 3
   The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation countable, uncountable
4. 4
   Short for chromatic semitone abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

brightnesshueintensitylightnesspuritysaturation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Related phrases

chroma dotchroma keyer

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