trichromatic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or involving three colors
    tricolor; trichrome.
    • 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

WordNet


Tri`chro*mat"ic adjective
Etymology
Pref. tri- + chromatic.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.

Webster 1913