Who conducts an orchestra that keeps colors and time of day running smoothly?

• A. The Soundkeeper
• B. Chroma the Great
• C. Canby
• D. The Mathemagician

Answer: (B)

The idea here is recognizing a character who personifies color and music and acts as the conductor of an orchestra that keeps both colors vivid and the day’s progression in rhythm. Chroma the Great represents color and harmony and is described as directing an orchestra that maintains the balance of colors in Milo’s world and the flow of time from morning to night. Because of that role, he is the one whose orchestral performance literally keeps colors and the time of day running smoothly. The other figures govern different aspects—sounds, numbers, or other elements of the journey—without tying them to color and daily rhythm.