chroma

Thân thiện

The artist carefully mixes the paint to achieve a high chroma.

Definition

Noun 1. Chromatic purity; the quality of a color's hue being vivid and undiluted by white, black, or gray. It refers to the intensity, saturation, or purity of a color, distinguishing it from brightness or lightness.

Usage

Chroma is a technical term used in color science, art, and design to describe a specific attribute of color. - It is often discussed alongside hue (the color itself, like red or blue) and value (lightness or darkness). - High chroma means a color is very pure, vivid, and intense. - Low chroma means a color is more muted, grayish, or desaturated.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• In color models: In systems like Munsell Color System or CIELAB, chroma is a formal, measurable dimension of color appearance, separate from lightness (value) and hue.
• "Chroma key": A technique for compositing two images or video streams based on color hues (chroma). While this is a compound term, it demonstrates the application of the concept.
  • The weather forecaster stands in front of a chroma key blue screen.

Variants and Related Words

• Chromatic (adj): Relating to or produced by color.
  • The painting's chromatic intensity is stunning.
• Achromatic (adj): Without color; black, white, or gray.
  • An achromatic scheme uses only black, white, and grays.

Synonyms

• Saturation
• Colorfulness
• Intensity (of color)
• Purity (of color)

Antonyms

• Dullness
• Mutedness
• Desaturation
• Achromatism

Học thuật

Noun

1. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

Từ đồng nghĩa

• saturation
• intensity
• vividness