plural of chromate

(not comparable) Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue. / (comparable) Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid.

(biology) Relating to chromatin (“a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division”).

(inorganic chemistry) any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents

To treat with a chromate solution

In a chromatic manner.

The state of being coloured / (optics) chromatic aberration / (psychology) chromesthesia

plural of chromaticity

An objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.

Alternative form of chromato-