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Recent Examples of chroma
The nuances are detailed in long blog posts filled with pictures of color wheels and terms such as chroma.
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
Saturation, or chroma, refers to the level of intensity or brilliance of a color.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
The nuances are detailed in long blog posts filled with pictures of color wheels and terms such as chroma.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
Saturation, or chroma, refers to the level of intensity or brilliance of a color.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
Through a process of comparing different color swatches to someone's hair, skin, and eyes, and determining the person's color undertones and chroma, a specific seasonal category is assigned.
—Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2024
Colors have properties like luminance, chroma and saturation, all of which affect their appearance.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
Sohonet’s ClearView Pivot is a real-time remote collaboration tool with the flexibility to connect creative users at the click of a button, allowing the user to stream color and frame-accurate footage in 4K HDR, 12-bit color depth and 4:4:4 chroma sampling in real time with ultra-low latency.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 July 2022
Although the hand itself is the real deal, some visual effects were incorporated to achieve its severed appearance: Dorabantu wore a blue chroma-key suit and headpiece while filming, then his face and body were edited out in post-production.
—Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 7 Dec. 2022
Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
Saturation, or chroma, refers to the level of intensity or brilliance of a color.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
The nuances are detailed in long blog posts filled with pictures of color wheels and terms such as chroma.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2024
Saturation, or chroma, refers to the level of intensity or brilliance of a color.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
Through a process of comparing different color swatches to someone's hair, skin, and eyes, and determining the person's color undertones and chroma, a specific seasonal category is assigned.
—Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2024
Colors have properties like luminance, chroma and saturation, all of which affect their appearance.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
Sohonet’s ClearView Pivot is a real-time remote collaboration tool with the flexibility to connect creative users at the click of a button, allowing the user to stream color and frame-accurate footage in 4K HDR, 12-bit color depth and 4:4:4 chroma sampling in real time with ultra-low latency.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 July 2022
Although the hand itself is the real deal, some visual effects were incorporated to achieve its severed appearance: Dorabantu wore a blue chroma-key suit and headpiece while filming, then his face and body were edited out in post-production.
—Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 7 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chroma
Noun
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The Wazir Khan Mosque, through its tiled decoration, has taught me invaluable lessons in hue saturation, while the frescoes at the Mariam Zamani Mosque have been my mentors in understanding color balance.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The Index tracks a bunch of metrics, including sleep duration, sleep stages (light, deep, and REM sleep), heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, breathing variations, and skin temperature changes.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Still, you'll be rewarded with top-notch picture processing matched with vibrant brightness and colors, as well as Samsung's pedestal-style floating-screen design and plenty of gaming features.—
Ryan Waniata,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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Solar geoengineering activities involve cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight into space through the dispersal of small particles into the upper atmosphere or by increasing the size and brightness of clouds over the ocean, among other ideas.—
Pilar Melendez,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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In our testing, the Cintiq Pro 17 covered 100% of the sRGB space (which is very similar to Rec. 709) and 98.1% of DCI-P3 (see the chromaticity chart above).—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Jan. 2024
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Validation experiments to mimic lighting, display and sensing applications demonstrated that chromaticity, a measure of colorfulness separate from brightness, could be controlled with much more precision than the human eye can detect.—
MEERI KIM | INSIDE SCIENCE,
ABC News,
11 July 2021
Noun
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Finally, there is a potential hidden artificial intelligence value here.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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Even so, there’s a couple reasons Agyemang could still improve his value despite his somewhat advanced age of 24 in soccer terms.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Four 2026 World Cup venues with roofs In terms of avoiding the heat, Infantino said that in contrast to the Club World Cup, the 2026 World Cup will have four stadiums with roofs - Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium), Dallas (AT&T Stadium), Houston (NRG Stadium) and Vancouver (BC Place).—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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During this year’s legislative sessions, House Republicans noted the contrast between teacher pay and student achievement.—
Carleen Johnson,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
Noun
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This lends the suit a kind of lightness that only a royal clothes horse such as Prince Michael could pull off.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Meanwhile, biker boots—with their rugged aesthetic, thick soles, and metal hardware—provide visual weight, structure, and an air of rebellion that contrasts perfectly with the lightness of the shorts.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
4 July 2025
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“Chroma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chroma. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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