Etymology

monochromacy

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Today it means: The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρῶμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῶμα“color”
  2. English todaymonochromacy

mono- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρῶμα all →

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