dichromatic
adjective
di·chro·mat·ic
ˌdī-krō-ˈma-tik 
1
: having or exhibiting two colors
2
: of, relating to, or exhibiting dichromatism
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However, these stories reach far beyond the understanding of ethics as dichromatic, immutable codes of conduct and delve into more complex internal dilemmas.
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Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
This limited color perception is called dichromatic vision, according to VCA Animal Hospitals.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
In Caroline Absher’s colossal, mostly-dichromatic self-portrait Studio, the artist looks down at the viewer, who crouches or sits beneath her.
—Dallas News, 6 May 2022
When Eilish became a public figure a few years ago, her fashion sensibility was unmistakable: spiky chains; dichromatic green-black hair, oversized hoodies, homages to punk, goth and skateboarding styles.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 30 July 2021
Mammals evolved as nocturnal beings that did not need to see the rich hues of the daylight world, so most—like your pet dog and cat—are dichromatic, and have only blue and green cones.
—Virginia Morell, National Geographic, 15 June 2020
Most mammals, though—think Fido the dog and Shadow the cat—are dichromatic and have blue and green-sensing cones in their eyes.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2019
But the role of color in frog courtship is all the more intriguing in the case of dichromatic specimens.
—Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
Álvaro's subjects were 32 trichromats (a mix of men and women) and 32 dichromatic men (a mix of the green-lacking and red-lacking subtypes).
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2015
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Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
This limited color perception is called dichromatic vision, according to VCA Animal Hospitals.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
In Caroline Absher’s colossal, mostly-dichromatic self-portrait Studio, the artist looks down at the viewer, who crouches or sits beneath her.
—Dallas News, 6 May 2022
When Eilish became a public figure a few years ago, her fashion sensibility was unmistakable: spiky chains; dichromatic green-black hair, oversized hoodies, homages to punk, goth and skateboarding styles.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 30 July 2021
Mammals evolved as nocturnal beings that did not need to see the rich hues of the daylight world, so most—like your pet dog and cat—are dichromatic, and have only blue and green cones.
—Virginia Morell, National Geographic, 15 June 2020
Most mammals, though—think Fido the dog and Shadow the cat—are dichromatic and have blue and green-sensing cones in their eyes.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2019
But the role of color in frog courtship is all the more intriguing in the case of dichromatic specimens.
—Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
Álvaro's subjects were 32 trichromats (a mix of men and women) and 32 dichromatic men (a mix of the green-lacking and red-lacking subtypes).
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2015
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dichromatic
adjective
di·chro·mat·ic
ˌdī-krō-ˈmat-ik
1
: having or exhibiting two colors
2
: of, relating to, or exhibiting dichromatism
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