🧪 Containing chromium 🌈 Related to color

chromic

8.2

Relating to color or a change in color

adjective
/ˈkroʊmɪk/

Specialized

: cromático

The artist chose a chromic palette to create vibrant paintings that captured the essence of nature.

Examples

The website features a chromic design, allowing users to customize the color scheme to their preference.
In chemistry class, we learned about chromic compounds that are crucial for dyeing fabrics.
And so there are phytochromes, phyto being plant chromic proteins that can absorb red light and far red light.

Synonyms

colored

vschromic

88 1.0

Having a color, natural or added

refers to relation with color rather than simply having it

pigmented

vschromic

2 4.6

Having visible color on skin or a surface

is about color relations rather than containing coloring substances

chromatic

vschromic

1 6.5

About color or hue

is broader, covering any properties connected with color

coloristic

vschromic

7.5

Showing strong use of color in art or music

applies more generally to color properties beyond artistic use

pigmentary

vschromic

Specialized

7.0

Relating to the colour of skin, hair, or eyes

is the general term for color properties beyond medical or tissue contexts

Compounds

chromic acid

Specialized

9.1

A strong unstable acid that contains chromium and reacts strongly with other chemicals

chromic-sulfuric acid

Specialized

8.4

A very strong mixture of two acids that cleans laboratory glassware

Surface Forms

chromic positive

Morphology

chromic = chroma (semi-transparent) = chrom + ic

Formally a regular adjective from the root 'chrom-' plus '-ic' meaning 'relating to colour', but the immediate noun 'chroma' is technical/rare, so an average learner may not predict the meaning from the parts.

Etymology

Chromic comes from the Greek root chroma meaning 'color', the same root in chrome and chromatic. So chromic can mean 'related to color' or to changes in color.