A normal or properly functioning pigment or coloring substance in an organism's tissues.
From Greek 'eu-' (well, good) + 'chroma' (color). The word emphasizes normal, functional coloration as opposed to abnormal pigmentation conditions.
While we rarely use 'euchrome' today, studying abnormal euchrome patterns helped doctors discover how colorblindness and albinism work at the cellular level!
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