chip chart

noun

A chart containing a standard palette of grey colors from which the white balance of a camera can be calibrated.

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Meanings

nounchip chart (plural chip charts)

plural chip charts

  1. A chart containing a standard palette of grey colors from which the white balance of a camera can be calibrated.

    The chip chart, or color chart, has a set of standard colors or a scale of gray tones from white to black from which the colorist can work.

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Origin

Piecewise doublet of chip card.

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chip chart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chip%20chart

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“chip chart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chip%20chart. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chip chart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chip%20chart.

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