the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.
n. An abnormal coloring of plants.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Chromatic aberration. See aberration
n. In botany, the assumption by leaves, or other normally green parts of a plant, of colors similar to those of the petals; unnatural coloration of plants or their leaves. Also called chromism.
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n. hallucinatory perception of colored lights
n. abnormal pigmentation
Word Usage
"Lumière in which the colours were produced with perfect ortho-chromatism."