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chroma

[kroh-muh] / ˈkroʊ mə /






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Meanwhile figures such as Albert H. Munsell, a painter-turned-color-theorist, devised systems that mapped color by hue, value and chroma in an effort to translate perception into measurable terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Rawls projects stop-motion videos of still images of Black dancers onto chroma green screens suspended from the ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

But if there’s a little bit more ambient lighting, colors look washed out, or low in chroma.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024

Pointed reminders on each floor indicate that the “color” of the show’s title refers not only to chroma but to skin color.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018

“Intensity” is a misleading term, if chroma be intended, for it depends on the relative light of spectral hues.

From A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma by A. H. (Albert Henry) Munsell


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