Chromism

The word part - Chromie at the end of a foreign word comes from the ancient Greek noun χρῶμα ( chroma ) = color. The use in various technical terminologies always includes in the scientific and medical variants to be described a change in color by corresponding observed phenomena or specific manipulations. Unlike the uses of - Chromie in photography, music and the visual arts, where the connection with the root word is directed to a particular technique or accepts a figurative meaning.

Word formations

A noun " Chromie " is unlike English " chromism " or French " chromisme " - a collective term for the color changes to be described - in German not in use.

As an adjective, " Chromie " is - modified to " chrome " - in most variants also be used ( eg monochrome).

To a verb, words with the suffixes " - Chromie " generally not converted. " chrome " part - without root word - in a different context of meaning. An exception is " polychromieren " as a verb to " polychrome " dar.

A coinage as doers (as in " -graphy " the geographer ) comes for " Chromie " or " chrome " of the question.

List

• Chronochromie = label for music and new music for an artistic conception in painting.
• Electrochromism = ability of molecules and crystals to change its optical properties by an external electric field.
• Halochromism = color change of a substance as a function of charge state
• Heterochromia = in anatomy: hair heterochromia = occurrence of different hair colors in an individual
• Heterochromia = in anatomy: iris heterochromia = different eye colors in humans and animals by different pigmentation of the irides
• Heterochromia = in histology = different strong adsorption of dye solutions
• Hypochromism = designation of erythrocytes with reduced hemoglobin content
• Monochrome monochrome = in the visual arts, specifically introduced by Yves Klein, who was even patented a monochrome ultramarine blue.
• Perikyklochromie = influence of the absorption spectrum of the guest molecules in inclusion compounds
• Photochromism = color change ( reversible) under the influence of light
• Polychromy = More colors in the visual arts, especially in ancient art (antique polychrome )
• Solvatochromism = influencing the color of a dye solvent
• Stereochromie = technology (obsolete ) of the wall painting
• Thermochromism = color change ( reversible) under the influence of temperature
• = Trichromatic method of color photography
• Xanthochromia = medicine ( also Liquorxanthochromie ): discoloration of the cerebrospinal fluid by the penetration of hemoglobin

Trivia

Use of Chromie as Fantasy proper name without intentional reference to " chroma " can be found in the figure of the gnome " Chromie " computer game WarCraft series. Finding.