dichromatic
Americanadjective
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Also having or showing two colors; dichromic.
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Zoology. exhibiting two color phases within a species not due to age or season.
adjective
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Also: dichroic. having or consisting of only two colours
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(of animal species) having two different colour varieties that are independent of sex and age
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able to perceive only two (instead of three) primary colours and the mixes of these colours
Other Word Forms
- dichromatism noun
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And then you can ask them to match the color they see from the dichromatic eye to colors presented to the normal, trichromatic eye.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2022
And in those cases, sometimes they see more from the dichromatic eye than we expect.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2022
There have been some cases where people have been dichromatic in one eye only.
From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2022
The ability to break camouflage and better vision under the dim light are accepted as advantages of a dichromatic color vision.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2016
This shows that the visual power of these people is dichromatic and not trichromatic, as their power is limited to two colours, or pairs of colours, and does not extend to three.
From Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies by Walker, Charles Edward
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