(inorganic chemistry) any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents

To treat with a chromate solution

plural of chromate

simple past tense and past participle of chromate

Treated with a chromate solution

Alternative form of chromato-

plural of chromatism

plural of chromaticity

An objective specification of the quality of a colour, regardless of its luminance.

(obsolete) chromatic