hexachromatic

Adjective

hexachromatic (not comparable)

1. Able to distinguish six distinct colors.
   • He considers that color is conveyed to the mind through a perceptive centre, and that this centre is only able to distinguish six definite points of difference (colors) in the spectrum. Therefore, for normal sight, he holds a hexachromatic theory of color-vision which is independent of light and...1901, Archives of Ophthalmology, page 325
   • Dr. Edridge-Green has classified colour-blind people according to whether they can perceive sis colours, five, four, three, two, or only one colour. Thus, one who distinguishes all six colours, or a hexachromatic person, may be considered as normal.1916, George Lindsay Johnson, Photography in Colours, 3rd (revised) edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., page 52
2. Having six independent channels or dimensions for characterizing color information.
   • The scale contains 493 separate sensations, which are structurally hexachromatic and visually colourless.1894 April 30, Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, page 310
   • If a subject with normal (trichromatic) color vision wears the glasses in Fig. 8.24, his vision will be hexachromatic (six-color).1970, Tom N. Cornsweet, Visual Perception, Academic Press, page 198
3. Composed of or based on six colors.
   • > Apple Customers aren't the market that WebObjects is trying to / >get.. The market that WebObjects is aimed at is the market that hates / >Apple. / This is 100% true. I am shocked at the hostility that a little bit of hexachromatic fruit can inspire.1998 June 23, Salvatore Denaro, “Next purchase a mistake”, in comp.sys.next.advocacy (Usenet)
   • I STILL get to heard the full album, my copy will STILL arrive through the door in it's^([sic]) bright shiny blister pack with it's^([sic]) glossy front cover that's been printed on a hexachromatic Heidelberg or Itek AB Dick press - it's STILL the same thing.1999 September 29, Liquid Tensions, “How sad it is”, in alt.music.dream-theater (Usenet)
4. Having six different pitch classes
   • These divisors generate what may be called pentachromatic, pentenharmonic, hexachromatic, and hexenharmonic genera.1993, John H. Chalmers, Jr., Divisions of the Tetrachord: A Prolegomenon to the Construction of Musical Scales, →ISBN, page 149
   • RAT(HYPOD/HEX)-7; 1+1 Rationalized hexachromatic/hexenharmonic genus derived from K. S. ’Bastard’; 48/47, 24/23, 4/3, 16/11, 96/65, 3/2, 2 / RAT(HYPOD/HEX/NO.2)-7; 1+2 RAT. hexachromatic/hexenharmonic genus derived from K.S.’s ’Bastard’ Hypodorian; 48/47, 16/15, 4/3, 16/11, 96/65, 32/21, 2 /...2004, Ján Haluška, The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems, Marcel Dekker, →ISBN, page 338