as in brightness
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Recent Examples of chromaticity
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).
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PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
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
The saffron from Navelli, L'Aquila, Abruzzo considered among the best in the world, isn’t added to alter the chromaticity, but rather for the flavor.
—Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
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
The saffron from Navelli, L'Aquila, Abruzzo considered among the best in the world, isn’t added to alter the chromaticity, but rather for the flavor.
—Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chromaticity
Noun
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The Kickstarter campaign is also offering a slightly less capable model that's ticks all of the above boxes except for brightness, which comes in at 2,600 ISO lumens for the Pro variant.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Feb. 2026
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Giving the camera longer exposure increases brightness but may reduce definition if the aurora is active.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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Knowing elements like hue, value, chroma, and whether a color is warm or cool can all guide you towards picking hues that feel good in your space.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Aug. 2025
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The hunter green of the 1980s is back—but with a little less chroma.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After reaching peak market saturation, interest is tapering off.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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First identified from wreckage recovered near Kyiv and Dnipro in early January, the drone points to a quiet but important shift in how Moscow is thinking about long-range strike and air-defense saturation.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Internally, Costco has kept a formal diversity office and program in place, even as management remains predominantly white—a contrast the company acknowledges while pledging to keep pushing toward its DEI goals.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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This, in stark contrast to a time when most designers developed each body part as a separate element of a traditional three-box design.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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Trump has instead argued for protecting existing owners who have watched the values of their homes climb.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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This is why sports retain the rare commercial value as live programming.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Rather than allowing its typical lightness, Benning layers their brushstrokes purposefully so as to establish new kinds of relationships, both pictorial and material.—
Alex Bacon,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
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Instead, there's a certain lightness to February's feels.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Chromaticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chromaticity. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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