Definition of chroma
1
: saturation 4a
2
: a quality of color combining hue and saturation
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Navigator color packages are meant to create specific moods with options including rhapsody blue, ebony, cappuccino, dark slate, iced mocha and chroma molten gold.
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Origin and Etymology of chroma
borrowed from Greek chrôma "color" — more at -chrome
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First Known Use: circa 1889
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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