chromaticity

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UK/kɹəʊ.məˈtɪ.sɪ.ti/US/kɹoʊ.məˈtɪ.sɪ.ti/

noun

An objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.

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Meanings

nounchromaticity (countable and uncountable, plural chromaticities)

plural chromaticities

  1. countableuncountableAn objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

Similar
hue
Broader
color property
Also see
hue

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From chromatic + -ity.

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Translations

Arabic لَوْنِيَّة
  • لَوْنِيَّة (lawniyya)specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
Catalan cromaticitat
  • cromaticitatspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
Dutch chromaticiteit
  • chromaticiteitspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
French chromaticité
  • chromaticitéspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
German Farbart, Chromatizität
  • Farbartspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
  • Chromatizitätspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
Italian cromaticità
  • cromaticitàspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
Portuguese cromaticidade
  • cromaticidadespecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
Romanian cromaticitate
  • cromaticitatespecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
Spanish cromaticidad
  • cromaticidadspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance
Swedish kromaticitet
  • kromaticitetspecification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chromaticity

electricitypublicityethnicitytoxicitysimplicityelasticityfelicityplasticityhistoricityatomicityantineoplasticityaromanticityatmosphericitybenediciteinfelicitylaicitymonochromaticitypolychromaticityrhoticitysyntheticitytriplicity
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“chromaticity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromaticity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chromaticity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromaticity.

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