- chromosomeA linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
- chromiumA chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
- chromatinA complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.
- chromaThe colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area
- chromameterAn instrument that is used to evaluate the colour of surfaces
- chromo-color
- chromothripsisA multiple of chromosomal rearrangements that is associated with some cancers.
- chromuleAny colouring matter in plants other than chlorophyll.
- dichromacyThe quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromatichaving two colors.
- dichromicfurnishing or giving two colours; said of defective vision, in which all the compound colours are resolvable into two elements instead of three
- monochromacyThe quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
- panchromiumAn early proposed name for the element vanadium
- thermochromyThe property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.
- trichromacyThe quality of having three independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.