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Same as Chromium. Chrome alum (Chem.), a dark violet substance, (SO4)3Cr2.K2SO4.24H2O, analogous to, and crystallizing like, common alum. It is regarded as a double sulphate of chromium and potassium. -- Chrome green (a) The green oxide of chromium, Cr2O3, used in enamel painting, and glass staining. (b) A pigment mad…

Same as Chromium steel, under Steel.

See Bilirubin.

The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

Hematin.

Same as Hæmachrome.

A photograph in colors. R. Hunt.

Same as Hæmachrome.

A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity.

An instrument for measuring colors.

A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

A colored albuminous substance in the serum from red-colored muscles. It is identical with hemoglobin.

A bluish green coloring matter of certain algæ.

Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.

An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer.

Of or pertaining to the psychrometer or psychrometry.

Hygrometry.

Stereochromic picture.

A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.

Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett.