Definition of "chromatism" [chro•ma•tism]

• The state of being coloured (noun)
• Chromatic aberration (noun)
• Chromaesthesia (noun)

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• "More importantly. both suggest that certain bodies can be and are ‘wrong’ and in need of normalization; neither skin lighteners or weightloss product ads draw attention to the fact that chromatism and sizism, respectively, are serious and systematic forms of social prejudice, but instead locate the source and solution of the ‘problem’ in individuals and their bodies and practices."
• "Lumière in which the colours were produced with perfect ortho-chromatism."
• "Suppression of local colour, study of reflections by means of complementary colours and division of tones by the process of touches of pure, juxtaposed colours -- these are the essential principles of _chromatism_ (for this word should be used instead of the very vague term "Impressionism")."