achromatic

Meaning

Adjective

• Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
• Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
• Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue
• Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
• Being achromatic in subject

Origin

• From Ancient Greek ἀχρωμάτιστος, from ἀ- + χρῶμα; compare French achromatique