tetrachromat

English

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ chromatic.

Noun

tetrachromat (plural tetrachromats)

1. One who is capable of identifying four primary colors; one whose vision exhibits tetrachromacy.
   • 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 340:

     Blood on the berries―red on red―but to you, a tetrachromat, the two reds are distinctive.

Related terms

• tetrachromacy
• tetrachromatic