Definitions for chromas

chromas chro·ma

Spelling: [kroh-muh]
IPA: /ˈkroʊ mə/

Chromas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in chromas (achmors).

Definitions for chromas

noun

  1. the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
  2. intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color.

Origin of chromas

First recorded in 1885-90, chroma is from the Greek word chrôma color

Examples for chromas

Colors in nature and art, defined by hue, value, and chroma.

Figure 457 shows only one instance of a hue unreduced in chroma.

If two hues are used, one of them should be reduced in chroma to nearly gray.

Opposites unequal both in value and chroma (R7/3 and BG3/7).

For definitions of Hue, Value, and chroma, see paragraphs 20–23.

Three scales united,—each step a change of hue, value, and chroma.

Initial for hue, numeral above for value, numeral below for chroma.

It becomes necessary to record at regular intervals, this loss of chroma.

We have no blue flower that can equal the chroma of the buttercup.

chroma is the quality by which we distinguish a strong color from a weak one.

Word Value for chromas
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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