chroma
nounUS /ˈkɹoʊmə/ · UK /ˈkɹəʊmə/
Etymology Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).
1
The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area
2
The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation
3
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Abbreviation Short for chromatic semitone
- Derived terms
- chroma dot, chromagram, chromakey, chroma keyer, chromatic, chrominance, chromoclasm
- Related terms
- luma