Chroma processing circuitry for a color television receiver wherein nominally derived primary color signals in accordance with extracted reference information in a first selectable mode of operation may be suitably modified in a second selectable mode of operation to minimize the effect of any phase errors otherwise readily discernible as undesirable departures in fleshtone hues. The referenced modification comprises a predetermined reduction in green-purple color information relative to derived luminance and orange-cyan information. Three embodiments are disclosed. In one such embodiment employing I and Q demodulation techniques, the chroma signal as applied to the input of the included Q demodulator is selectively reduced by associated control circuitry; the signal information along the Q axis or demodulation angle representing essentially green-purple color information. In another embodiment, employing convention (R-Y) and (B-Y) color difference demodulators, the desired reduction in green-purple information is provided by suitable alteration of the respective phase delays effected in components of the reference signal selectively applied to the demodulators which in turn alters each of the demodulation angles at which such demodulators operate. In still another embodiment, appropriate modification of the final primary color signals is accomplished by selected changes in the circuit parameters of an output matrix network associated with the color difference demodulators.