schemochrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Colouration produced by microscopic structures that reflect/refract light rather than pigments.

Word forms

schemochrome schemochromes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “shape”) + -chrome, from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).

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