Our name
Three words. Three lineages. One call — and its answer.
Kwenu
/kweh·nu/ · Igbo
A call to affirm, together.
Shouted by a leader — “Igbo Kwenu!” — and answered by the crowd as one: “Yaa!” It is unity spoken aloud. Every reveal on this site is a kwenu; every share is the crowd answering.
Chroma
/χρῶμα/ · Greek
Color — and in color science, a color’s intensity.
Chroma is how fully a color is itself — not its hue, not its lightness, but its vividness. We measure it in CIELAB and ΔE, and we mean it as a compliment.
Osarieme
/o·sa·ri·e·me/ · Edo
“A gift.” The founder’s middle name.
Edo names are often whole sentences of gratitude — this one gives thanks for what was given. It is why the reveal says what it says: your colors were always yours — a gift. The Igbo side of this house calls the affirmation; the Edo side remembers where the colors came from.
Now — your colors are waiting.
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