| CHROMATIC | • chromatic adj. Uses relating to colour. • chromatic adj. (Not comparable, music). • chromatic adj. (Biology) Relating to chromatin (“a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of… |
| ACHROMATIC | • achromatic adj. (Optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. (Biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. |
| DICHROMATIC | • dichromatic adj. Having two colors. • dichromatic adj. (Pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished. • dichromatic adj. (Zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye. |
| EUCHROMATIC | • euchromatic adj. Of or pertaining to euchromatin. • EUCHROMATIC adj. of or like euchromatin. |
| APOCHROMATIC | • apochromatic adj. (Optics) Corrected for both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMATIC adj. free from chromatic and spherical aberration. |
| ISOCHROMATIC | • isochromatic adj. (Optics) Having the same colour or wavelength. • isochromatic adj. Of or corresponding to constant colour. • isochromatic adj. Of uniform colour. |
| PANCHROMATIC | • panchromatic adj. (Photography, of black and white film) sensitive to all visible colours. • panchromatic adj. (Digital imaging) sensitive to a wide range of wavelengths of light, typically most of the visible spectrum. • PANCHROMATIC adj. of photographic film, sensitive to all colours. |
| TRICHROMATIC | • trichromatic adj. Involving three colours. • trichromatic adj. Able to perceive three primary colours. • TRICHROMATIC adj. pertaining to or in three colors; having normal color vision, also TRICHROME. |
| HOMOCHROMATIC | • homochromatic adj. Synonym of monochromatic. • HOMOCHROMATIC adj. monochromatic. |
| METACHROMATIC | • metachromatic adj. Exhibiting, or pertaining to, metachromasia. • METACHROMATIC adj. of dyes, capable of staining cells so that they turn a different colour to that of the dye. |
| MONOCHROMATIC | • monochromatic adj. Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television. • monochromatic adj. Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness. • monochromatic adj. (Figuratively) Plain, dull, lifeless. |
| POLYCHROMATIC | • polychromatic adj. Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured. • polychromatic adj. (Physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength. • POLYCHROMATIC adj. showing a variety or a change of colors. |
| AMPHICHROMATIC | • amphichromatic adj. Amphichroic. • AMPHICHROMATIC adj. producing two colours, one on reacting with an acid, the other on reacting with a base, also AMPHICHROIC. |
| LITHOCHROMATIC | • lithochromatic adj. Pertaining to chromatic lithography (the production of lithographs that support color through the application… • lithochromatic adj. (Soil science) Displaying color that results from the inclusion of particles of pulverised stone. • LITHOCHROMATIC adj. relating to lithochromatics. |
| ORTHOCHROMATIC | • orthochromatic adj. Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully. • orthochromatic adj. (Photography) Sensitive to all colours except red. • ORTHOCHROMATIC adj. of photographic film, sensitive to all colours except red. |
| HETEROCHROMATIC | • heterochromatic adj. Having more than one colour; relating to heterochromia. • heterochromatic adj. Of light, having more than one wavelength. • heterochromatic adj. Of or relating to heterochromatin. |