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🌞 Changes color in light 🌞 A color-changing material
photochromic

photochromic

8.1
That changes color when in light
  • adjective
  • /ˌfoʊtəʊˈkroʊmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fotocromático
  • The children wore photochromic glasses that darkened when exposed to sunlight, providing better protection for their eyes.
  • photochromic lenses

Examples

  • They can do a lot of sweet things that I've never seen done with a photochromic lens before.

  • You've probably seen photochromic glass—glass that responds to light—in self-darkening sunglasses.

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  • The photochromic lenses automatically adjust to different light conditions, making them convenient for outdoor activities.

  • With photochromic materials, the color of the fabric changes when you move from indoors to outdoors, offering a unique style.

Synonyms

photochromatic
vsphotochromic
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Change color or darken when light gets brighter, for example in sunlight

applies to color change caused by any light rather than only sunlight

Compounds

photochromic eyeglasses
5.8

Glasses with lenses that get dark in sunlight and go clear indoors

photochromic eyewear
6.1

Glasses whose lenses become dark in sunlight and clear indoors

photochromic glasses
4.9

Lenses in glasses that automatically darken in sunlight and become clear in low light

Surface Forms

photochromic positive

Morphology

photochromic = photo + chrom + ic

The form is fairly clear as photo- plus chrom- plus -ic, but the term is technical and not fully guessable for an average learner.

Etymology

Photochromic comes from the Greek parts photo- 'light' and chrom- 'color', the same parts you see in photograph and chromatic. So photochromic describes something that changes color when light hits it.