chroma

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Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, color)

Noun

chroma

  1. (usually in combination) Color.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, color)

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -əʊmə
  • Hyphenation: chro‧ma

Noun

chroma (countable and uncountable, plural chromas)

  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. (music) A note in a chromatic scale

See also

Anagrams


Irish

Adjective

chroma

  1. Lenited form of croma.

Mutation

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Adjective

chroma

  1. nominative singular feminine of chromy