lithochromic

Adjective

lithochromatic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to chromatic lithography (the production of lithographs that support color through the application of oil colors on stone).
   • M. Hercule Nicolet, an able artist especially versed in the recently invented art of chromatic lithography, headed the new establishment. Guyot says that here were produced “almost the first essays” of the lithochromatic art, and remarks on their beauty as well as their perfection of color and...1945, “Education Series”, in Ohio State University, numbers 1-2, page 25
2. (soil science) Displaying color that results from the inclusion of particles of pulverised stone.
   • Low chroma colors due to reduced conditions are often indistinguishable from lithochromatic colors imparted by till parent materials.1997, Michael J. Vepraskas, S. W. Sprecher, Aquic conditions and hydric soils: the problem soils, page 117