chroma

Meaning

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. Short for chromatic semitone

Synonyms

saturation

vividness

intensity

color saturation

undercoat

chroma saturation

Colo.

chrominance

Munsell chroma

hue

impregnation

paint

Hyphenated as

chro‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹoʊmə/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).