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chroma

  • /ˈkɹoʊmə/ US
  • /ˈkɹəʊmə/ UK

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noun chromas

  1. countable, uncountable The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area
  2. countable, uncountable The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation
  3. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Short for chromatic semitone

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@misc{chroma_2026,
  title = {chroma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chroma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}