TRICHROME

trichromatic, trichrome, tricolor

(adjective) having or involving three colors; “trichromatic vision”; “a trichromatic printing process”; “trichromatic staining is the staining of tissue samples differentially in three colors”; “tricolor plumage”; “a tricolor process in photography”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

trichrome (not comparable)

trichromatic (involving three colours)

(cytology, of a stain) Staining three different tissues three different colours.

Noun

trichrome (plural trichromes)

(cytology) A combined stain that stains three different tissues three different colours.

Source: Wiktionary



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