Chroma is Maven Genetics' Prizm x Black Diamond X cultivar. Maven places it in the indica side of its library and describes a profile that moves from citrus rind and pine toward stone fruit, floral musk and fuel.
Built inside the Maven library
Both named parents sit in Maven's own strain collection, making Chroma a useful view of how a house develops new releases from lines it already knows. Prizm carries the brighter register; Black Diamond X supplies the darker, earthier counterweight.
Maven's current Chroma description presents the line as an active indica offering rather than a historical name. A licensed marketplace listing repeats the same parent pair but uses a hybrid label, so the first-party Maven classification is the better guide to how the brand positions its selection.
Prizm brings the brightness
Prizm is Maven's Opal crossed with a Permanent Marker number 12 selection. It is the sharp, confectionery half of the pairing, and it is the reason the opening does not read heavy.
Maven has leaned on it repeatedly since, which is the clearest signal a breeder can give about a plant: a male or a mother that keeps getting used is one the house trusts.
Black Diamond X brings the weight
Black Diamond X is Maven's XXX OG crossed with Black Diamond OG. It supplies earth, resin and OG structure — everything the bright side needs to sit on.
Without it this would be a thin citrus plant. With it, the profile has somewhere to go after the first few seconds.
The name tracks the flower
Chroma means colour intensity, and the cultivar delivers on both readings. Visually it shows compact, colourful buds under heavy trichome coverage, with the silver-over-green sheen Maven selects for.
On the draw it covers real range. The opening is genuinely citrus-and-conifer — rind and sharp pine rather than candy — and it does not stay there. The profile drops into dark stone fruit, floral musk and a clean fuel note as the smoke develops. Maven calls the inhale bright and biting with a velvety finish, which is a fair description of that arc.
From bright aroma to darker finish
Maven's description follows an unusually broad sensory arc. Citrus rind and conifer arrive first, followed by stone fruit, floral musk and clean fuel. The sequence gives Chroma more contrast than a single fruit or dessert comparison can capture.
Those are Maven's observations for its selected expression. Cure, storage and individual perception can move the balance, and no broad indica label determines a fixed response. The exact package remains the place for harvest dates, potency and terpene measurements.
Two Maven crosses side by side
Chrome Dome offers a useful contrast within the same producer's collection. Chrome Dome comes from Compound-bred Lemonheadz x Eye Candy material and is presented as sativa; Chroma comes from Maven's Prizm x Black Diamond X pairing and sits on the indica side.
The comparison shows why a brand name alone cannot describe a cultivar. One Maven release leans sharp and lemon-centered, while the other is written around a brighter opening that descends into fruit, musk and fuel.
Chroma's place in the catalog
Prizm links Chroma to Permanent Marker within Maven's wider family work, while Black Diamond X gives the cross its direct second anchor. The parent names do more than decorate the label: they connect Chroma to two existing Maven releases that readers can compare independently.
Chroma is therefore best understood as a current Maven selection with a precise two-parent identity and a brand-authored sensory range. The lineage stays stable even when retail category labels vary between indica and hybrid.