-chrome(word root) colorExamples of words with the root -chrome: polychromeAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree-chromesuff.1. Colored: polychrome.2. Color; pigment: urochrome.[From Greek khr?ma, color.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-chrome adj combining form, n combining formcolour, coloured, or pigment: monochrome. [from Greek khr?ma colour]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014chrome (kro?m) n., v. chromed, chrom?ing. n. 1. (not in technical use) chromium (def. 1). 2. chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile. 3. (in dyeing) the dichromate of potassium or sodium. v.t. 4. to plate, dye, or treat with a compound of chromium. [