Definition of DICHROMACY

dichromacy

Noun

  • a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
  • The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.

Origin / Etymology

di- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

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