chromaticity
Noun
Meaning
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
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Abbe numbers are used to classify glass and other optical materials in terms of their chromaticity.
A system of subtractive color does not have a simple chromaticity gamut analogous to the RGB color triangle, but a gamut that must be described in three dimensions.
Chromatic-strung harps Some harps, rather than using pedal or lever devices, achieve chromaticity by simply adding additional strings to cover the notes outside their diatonic home scale.
By empirical means he determined that the difference in sensation, which he termed ΔE for a "discriminatory step between colors…Empfindung" (German for sensation) was proportional to the distance of the colors on the chromaticity diagram.
As noted above and seen in the accompanying photograph, the chromaticity of birefringence typically creates colored patterns when viewed in between two polarizers.
For different wavelength regions, or for higher precision in characterizing a system's chromaticity (such as in the design of apochromats ), the full dispersion relation (refractive index as a function of wavelength) is used.