schemochrome
schemochrome noun: colouration produced by microscopic structures that reflect/refract light rather than pigments.
Noun
schemochrome (plural schemochromes)
- Colouration produced by microscopic structures that reflect/refract light rather than pigments.
- First, a blue pigment is known from birds (rhodoxanthin, a xanthophyll producing the blue of fruit pigeons, Ptilinopus; see Buckley 1982 : 61), although the blue of parrots is almost certainly not based on a pigment (biochrome), but rather is a schemochrome (structural color).1973, Florida Ornithological Society, The Florida field naturalist, page n183
- In some groups a schemochrome overlies a conspicuous biochrome, with spectacular effect.1975, Howe, William H, Bauer, David L, The Butterflies of North America, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, page 19
Forms of schemochrome
| plural | schemochromes |
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Origin of schemochrome
From Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “shape”) + -chrome, from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).
Questions about schemochrome
- What does schemochrome mean?
- Schemochrome means colouration produced by microscopic structures that reflect/refract light rather than pigments.
- What part of speech is schemochrome?
- Schemochrome is a noun.
- What is the plural of schemochrome?
- The plural of schemochrome is schemochromes.
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