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chrominance definition

chro·mi·nance (krō′mə nəns)

noun

that attribute of light which produces the sensation of color apart from luminance; specif., the color of an object as measured quantitatively in terms of a reference color

Etymology: chrom(o)- + (lum)inance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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