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chromatic color

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Noun1.chromatic color - a color that has huechromatic color - a color that has hue                
color, coloring, colouring, colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
orangeness, orange - orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow
salmon - a pale pinkish orange color
yellow, yellowness - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
blond, blonde - a light grayish yellow to near white
green, viridity, greenness - green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
blue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
purple, purpleness - a purple color or pigment
pink - a light shade of red
brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation
olive - a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
pastel - any of various pale or light colors
chroma, vividness, intensity, saturation - chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
complementary, complementary color - either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries"
achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black


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They are marked by strong, bold colors such as toxic yellows and red and pink combinations, which grab one's gaze with an unusual chromatic color shift.
When using chromatic colors like green and blue, the colors were precisely equated in saturation and brightness levels, explained Niesta.
A revival in the appeal of chromatic colors is being forecast to take place over the next few years as people take a greater liking for shades of red, blue and green.
 
 
 
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