trichromatic

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymstrichrometricolor

   Similarcolored

Questions about trichromatic

What does trichromatic mean?

trichromatic means "having or involving three colors".

How many syllables are in trichromatic?

trichromatic has 4 syllables: trich-ro-ma-tic. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for trichromatic?

Close synonyms include trichrome, tricolor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trichromatic a common word?

trichromatic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.