🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

色彩主义

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sè cǎi zhǔ yì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chromatism/ˈkroʊ.məˌtɪz.əm/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #75000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这幅画的色彩主义表现得淋漓尽致。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or quality of being colored, or a characteristic arrangement or distribution of colors.

    "The striking chromatism of the autumn leaves provided a vibrant palette for the landscape painter."
  2. 2

    In optics and photography, an aberration or coloration resulting from the dispersion of light.

    "The high-end camera lens was engineered specifically to minimize unwanted chromatism around high-contrast edges."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word 'chromat-', combining 'chroma' (meaning color) with the suffix '-ism' denoting a condition, system, or quality. It entered technical English usage in the 19th century primarily within the fields of optics, botany, and music to describe distinctive colorations or chromatic phenomena.

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