Definitions for chroma

chroma chro·ma

Spelling: [kroh-muh]
IPA: /ˈkroʊ mə/

Chroma is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in chroma (achmor).

Definitions for chroma

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 chroma

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

Examples for chroma

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for chroma
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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