Definition
Lacking color or pigment; in optics, referring to a lens that corrects color distortion; in music or art, using only one color or neutral tones.
Etymology
From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'chroma' (color) + '-atic' (adjective suffix). Widely used since the 1700s across optics, biology, and art to describe the absence of color.
Kelly Says
An achromatic photograph in black and white and an achromatic lens in a telescope seem totally different, but they share the same ancient Greek root describing the absence of the full color spectrum!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አ χρωማዊ
a-kro-ma-wi
ARالعربية
بدون لون
bila-dun la-wan
BGБългарски
ахроматически
BNবাংলা
অনাক্রম
o-na-kram
CACatalà
acromàtic
a-kro-ma-tik
CSČeština
achromatický
a-kro-ma-ti-cky
DADansk
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
DEDeutsch
achromatisch
a-kro-ma-tisch
ELΕλληνικά
αχρωματικός
a-kro-ma-ti-kos
ESEspañol
acromático
a-kro-ma-ti-ko
FAفارسی
رنگناز
rang-naaz
FISuomi
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
FRFrançais
achromatique
a-kro-ma-ti-k
HAHA
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
HEעברית
אכרומטי
a-kro-ma-ti
HIहिन्दी
रंगहीन
rang-heen
HUMagyar
achromat
a-kro-mat
IDBahasa Indonesia
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
IGIG
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
ITItaliano
acromatico
a-kro-ma-ti-ko
KKKK
ахроматты
a-khro-mat-ty
KMKM
អន្តរកម្ម
ant-rok-kam
MSBahasa Melayu
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
MYမြန်မာ
ရွှေရောင်မရှိ
shwe-ya-ung-ma-shyi
NLNederlands
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
NONorsk
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
PLPolski
achromatyczny
a-kro-ma-tyt-sny
PTPortuguês
acromático
a-kro-ma-ti-ko
RORomână
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
RUРусский
ахроматический
a-khro-ma-ti-cheskiy
SVSvenska
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
SWKiswahili
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
TEతెలుగు
చూపులేని
choop-u-le-ni
TLTL
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
TRTürkçe
achromatik
a-kro-ma-tik
UKУкраїнська
ахроматичний
a-khro-ma-tych-nyy
VITiếng Việt
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
YOYO
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik
ZUZU
achromatic
a-kro-ma-tik