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Definition of Dichromacy
1. Noun. A deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision).
Generic synonyms: Color Blindness, Color Vision Deficiency, Colour Blindness, Colour Vision Deficiency
Specialized synonyms: Red-green Color Blindness, Red-green Colour Blindness, Red-green Dichromacy, Yellow-blue Color Blindness, Yellow-blue Dichromacy
Derivative terms: Dichromatic
Definition of Dichromacy
1. Noun. The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dichromacy
Literary usage of Dichromacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"... normality and total color-blindness; and to regard dichromacy as an extreme
variation, and not as a* typical condition of the partially color-blind. ..."
2. University of Toronto Studies by University of Toronto (1900)
"I may mention in this connection that so-called colour-equations are not an
absolutely infallible means upon which to decide regarding dichromacy in cases ..."
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