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chroma

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chroma

Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation.


chroma [′krō·mə]
(optics)
The dimension of the Munsell system of color that corresponds most closely to saturation, which is the degree of vividness of a hue. Also known as Munsell chroma.


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There is now a second source of diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole (DPP) pigments, the organic oranges and reds distinguished by high chroma, heat stability, and lightfastness.
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