chroma
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mə noun
1.
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
2.
intensity of distinctive hue; saturation of a color.
Origin:
1885–90; < Greek chrôma color
1885–90; < Greek chrôma color
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| —n | |
| 1. | See also saturation the attribute of a colour that enables an observer to judge how much chromatic colour it contains irrespective of achromatic colour present |
| 2. | (in colour television) the colour component in a composite coded signal |
| [C19: from Greek khrōma colour] | |
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Chroma
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Exterior shots are chroma keyed model shots, while interior ones are produced on a set.
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