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chrominance
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
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