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Chroma

noun
1.
Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue.  Synonyms: intensity, saturation, vividness.



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"Chroma" Quotes from Famous Books



... having twenty-one notes. The chromatic has eleven, and the name—it may be remarked in passing—is from the Greek word for "color" ([Greek: chroma]) because the old composers wrote these notes in colors, and had them so printed. Not a bad idea, surely: many a learner on the piano would be overjoyed to see all the ugly flats and sharps on the staff in brilliant ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 • Various


Words linked to "Chroma" :   spectral color, spectral colour, color property


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