monochromacy

noun

monochromacy

noun

Etymology mono- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

1

The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.

Related terms
monochromat, monochromatic

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