chroma的词源

英文词源

chroma (n.)

"quality or intensity of color," 1889, from Latinized form of Greek khroma "surface of the body, skin, color of the skin," also used generically for "color" and, in plural, "ornaments, embellishments," related to khros "surface of the body, skin," khrozein "to touch the surface of the body, to tinge, to color;" the root is explained as being somehow from PIE *ghreu- "to rub, grind" (see grit (n.)).

中文词源

chroma：色度，彩度

来自PIE*ghreu, 刮，涂，擦，词源同grit, gravel，进一步来自*sker, 砍，劈，词源同carve, shear. 词义由刮，上色过渡到色彩，色度。

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