achromatic
Meanings
Adjective
- having no hue
Adj
- Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
- Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
- Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid.
- Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
- Being achromatic in subject.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀχρωμάτιστος (akhrōmátistos, “uncolored”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), equivalent to a- + chromatic; compare French achromatique.
Synonyms
Antonyms
chromatic, colored, colorful, coloured, colourful, dyed, motley, multicolored, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, polychromatic, polychrome, variegated
Scrabble Score: 19
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