A light-sensitive pigment or colored compound found in the eyes of animals, important for vision and color perception.
From Greek 'chroma' (color) + 'phanos' (shining/visible). This scientific term comes from visual biology and the study of photoreceptors.
Chromophanes are the actual molecules in your eyes that capture light—they're pigments like rhodopsin that literally catch photons and convert light into signals your brain reads as vision.
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