[kroh-muh] 
| 1. | the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray. |
| 2. | intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color. |
| chro·ma (krō'mə) n. The aspect of color in the Munsell color system by which a sample appears to differ from a gray of the same lightness or brightness and that corresponds to saturation of the perceived color. [Greek khrōma, color.] |