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- noun Plural form of
chroma .
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Examples
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The most chromatic pigments available right now, as Margaret Livingstone explains in her book, are the "day-glo" pigments, whose chromas haven't been measured to my knowledge, but I would estimate them to exceed 20 the highest chroma chips in the Munsell Glossy Book is 16, maybe 22.
Peak Saturation Value James Gurney 2010
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There is also a chart in that book that shows the reflectance percentages for value, which is consistent across all hues and chromas: a value 7 surface always reflects exactly X.XX% of visible light don't have the exact numbers right at hand.
Peak Saturation Value James Gurney 2010
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The DuPont study notes that the palette is shifting with an increase in blending color such as hints of color in the neutral shades and brighter, high chromas for smaller, sportier vehicles.
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The DuPont study notes that the palette is shifting with an increase in blending color such as hints of color in the neutral shades and brighter, high chromas for smaller, sportier vehicles.
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In the same way, rugs, tapestries, mosaics, -- whatever attracts by its beauty and harmony of color, -- can be recorded and studied in measured terms; and the mental process of estimating hues, values, chromas, and areas by established scales must lead the color sense to finer and finer perceptions.
A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma 1888
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A child revels in strong chromas, but the mark of a colorist is ability to employ low chroma without impoverishing the color effect.
A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma 1888
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Not only do they present different values, but also different chromas.
A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma 1888
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A parti-colored flower, such as a nasturtium, is shown by two dots with their chromas, and a bunch of red and yellow flowers will give by their dots a color passage, or “silhouette,” whose warmth and lightness is unmistakable.
A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma 1888
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Each slice across the fruit still shows the circuit of hues in one uniform value; but the strong chromas are at the outside, while grayer and grayer chromas make a gradation inward to neutral gray at the centre, where all trace of color disappears.
A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma 1888
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Finally, a score written all in front of the centre represents only strong chromas, while one written behind it contains only weak chromas.
A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma 1888
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