chromaticity
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How a color looks by its hue, not its brightness
- noun
- /krəˌmætɪˈsɪti/
- Specialized
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cromaticidad
- In photography, chromaticity plays a crucial role in how colors are perceived by the viewer.
Examples
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The artist carefully adjusted the chromaticity of the paint to achieve the desired hue.
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Such color changes can occur in electronic displays when either the intensity or the chromaticity coordinates of the ambient illumination change.
Academic text (1992) -
Understanding chromaticity is essential for graphic designers when selecting color palettes.
Synonyms
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3.9
A particular shade of color, like blue or red
is the technical measure of color independent of brightness
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The part of a picture or video that shows color, not brightness
focuses on dominant wavelength only and ignores brightness
How Chromatic
Surface Forms
chromaticity singular
chromaticities plural
Morphology
Etymology
Chromaticity comes from the Greek root chroma meaning 'color' and the ending -ity that makes a word about a quality. So, chromaticity is the 'color-ness' of light or paint, the quality that tells what color something is apart from how bright it is.