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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
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The study authors believe the early galaxies may have formed more stars, and stars on a more massive scale, than expected, which would also affect the brightness of the galaxy overall.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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The 9a’s panel can also reach 2,700 nits of brightness outdoors, compared with a 2,000-nit limit on the 8a.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
19 Mar. 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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The median home value in ZIP code 63124 was already well above the home values of other expensive ZIP codes, having a median of $804,799 back in February 2020, a time when no other ZIP codes even exceeded $700,000.—
Andrew DePietro,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The clip, which has garnered over 359,000 views, sparked a discussion in the comments and saw other parents share the different food values they were taught while growing up.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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By contrast, north London clubs Arsenal and Tottenham have struggled to tame a cold wind on their turf, losing over half a point in these conditions.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Frick, by contrast, seems totally unaffected by the upheaval of the past five years, with neither of those things to boast.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There was a lightness in the air, an energy in their step.—
Jeff Probst,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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The use of premium materials such as aluminum and magnesium in the headphones’ yoke brings a useful combination of lightness and robustness.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Chroma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chroma. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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