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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
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
Seems like most of his attention was commanded by the involved location shooting in the forbidding tundras of Greenland and Iceland, which does yield some breathtaking footage in its eschewing of chroma-key fakery.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 23 Mar. 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
The retro texture of the visuals was made possible by shooting with an actual vintage video camera, and the chroma keying of a city night view towards the end is also reminiscent of how artists used to perform on TV.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2019
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
Seems like most of his attention was commanded by the involved location shooting in the forbidding tundras of Greenland and Iceland, which does yield some breathtaking footage in its eschewing of chroma-key fakery.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 23 Mar. 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
The retro texture of the visuals was made possible by shooting with an actual vintage video camera, and the chroma keying of a city night view towards the end is also reminiscent of how artists used to perform on TV.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chroma
Noun
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The term, which describes the cognitive decay caused by excessive doomscrolling and online saturation, captures the growing disillusionment with social media felt among younger millennials and Gen Z.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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And though there are now 270 adult-use retail stores open, market saturation is becoming a real worry.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While most use Xeon bulbs as their light source, but brightness from these fades over time, leading to a dimmer image.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Bumping that up to standard brightness was slightly better, but the visuals were still pretty washed out.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Wherever the original source of the incorrect headline came from, it was amplified by trusted sources in financial news, creating a very expensive lesson in the value of accurate and reliable reporting.—
Hadas Gold and Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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However, the compounded value of correct predictions in later rounds, particularly the Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship, amplified the separation in weighted performance.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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By contrast, 83% of Democrats see international alliances as a valuable strength.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Conventional social media, by contrast, is siloed: a Facebook account cannot follow or message a TikTok account.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some meet the characteristics frequently associated with Irish whiskey—lightness, smoothness, a fruity profile—and others are more expressive, and even a little smokey.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Sitting out on her sunny pool deck in an oversized sweater, frayed jeans and slippers with minimal makeup, Moore exudes lightness and positivity.—
Mara Reinstein,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Chroma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chroma. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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