chroma
[ kroh-muh ]
/ ˈkroʊ mə /
noun
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color.
Origin of chroma
First recorded in 1885–90,
chroma is from the Greek word
chrôma color
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British Dictionary definitions for chroma
chroma
/ (ˈkrəʊmə) /
noun
the attribute of a colour that enables an observer to judge how much chromatic colour it contains irrespective of achromatic colour present
See also saturation (def. 4)
(in colour television) the colour component in a composite coded signal
Word Origin for chroma
C19: from Greek
khrōma colour