chroma
chroma
Definition
chroma (krō′mə)
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.
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