The color portion of a video signal carrying the saturation and tint (hue) information for any given point in the image. Video signals are made up of color portions (chrominance) and luminance (the information about brightness, darkness and contrast). Black, white and all the levels of gray have no chrominance since they have no color – they need only the luminance portion of the video signal. The chrominance aspect of a signal tells the video display what colors to use while the luminance portion of the signal gives the colors depth and contrast by adjusting the darkness and brightness of the image. Higher chrominance levels produce more powerful or stronger colors (bright red versus pink). The abbreviation for chrominance is “C.”