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chroma Definition

chroma (krō)

noun

Chiefly Brit. saturation (sense )

Etymology: Gr chrōma (gen. chrōmatos), color; orig. skin, color of the skin < IE base *ghrēu-, to rub hard over, crumble > grits

chroma Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • give: An XcmsFailure return value usually indicates that the given chroma is beyond maximum for the given hue angle.
  • return: It returns the maximum Chroma along with the actual Hue and Value at which the maximum Chroma was found.
  • separate: Separating pitch chroma and pitch height in the human brain.
  • have: White, black, and grays have no chroma.

Adjective modifier

  • maximum: It returns the maximum Chroma along with the actual Hue and Value at which the maximum Chroma was found.
  • advanced: Advanced chroma keying with shadow preservation, spill removal, and noise reduction.
  • low: Chroma The degree of saturation of a particular color low chroma means a pastel color, high chroma means a saturated color.
  • high: Chroma The degree of saturation of a particular color low chroma means a pastel color, high chroma means a saturated color.

Modifies a noun

  • noise: Should you be unlucky enough to encounter a DVD with chroma noise, you now have some way of taming it.
  • key: Whom do you think, fills up the buffer with the chroma key?
  • level: The chroma level is lowered somewhat to create a softer impression.
  • crosstalk: Players with high levels of chroma crosstalk can suffer beat patterns over areas of very fine detail.
  • burst: Chroma Burst - The portion of the video waveform that encodes colors.
  • gain: Its chroma gain and phase are adjusted for each component under evaluation using a color analyzer to optimally match color standards.

Noun used with modifier

  • pitch: Robinson, K. & PATTERSON, R.D. APU 3314 The stimulus duration required to identify vowels, their octave, and their pitch chroma.