Chrominance Definition

krōmə-nəns
noun
That attribute of light which produces the sensation of color apart from luminance; specif., the color of an object as measured quantitatively in terms of a reference color.
Webster's New World

The signal used in video systems to convey the picture's colour information, separately from the accompanying luma signal.

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Noun

Singular:
chrominance
Plural:
chrominances

Origin of Chrominance

  • Blend of chroma and luminance

    From Wiktionary

  • Blend of chromo– luminance

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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