chrom
color
Greek · chroma (χρῶμα)
Chrom words come from the Greek word for colour. They name things seen in colour, like chromatic scales and chrome, or things revealed by colour, like chromosomes.
Memory trick
Chrome shines in every colour of the room, and chrom means colour.
Words from this root
- chroma (chroma) — the purity or strength of colourरंग की गहराई
- chromatic (chromat + ic) — of colour or coloursरंग संबंधी
- achromatic (a + chromat + ic) — without colourरंगहीन
- chrome (chrome) — shiny metal platingक्रोम, चमकदार धातु की परत
- chromium (chrom + ium) — a hard shiny metal elementक्रोमियम
- monochrome (mono + chrome) — in one colour or in black and whiteएकरंगी, श्वेत-श्याम
- chromosome (chromo + some) — colour-stained body carrying genesगुणसूत्र
- chromatin (chromat + in) — the stained material in cell nucleiक्रोमैटिन, केंद्रक का रंगीन पदार्थ
- chromatography (chromato + graphy) — separating mixtures by colour bandsवर्णलेखन, रंग के आधार पर अलग करना
- chromatograph (chromato + graph) — a machine for chromatographyवर्णलेखी मशीन
- chromatically (chromatic + ally) — in terms of colourरंग की दृष्टि से
- chromatid (chromat + id) — one half of a copied chromosomeगुणसूत्र का आधा भाग