chromo

[ kroh-moh ]

/ ˈkroʊ moʊ /

Origin of chromo

by shortening; cf. -o

chromo-

variant of chrom- before a consonant: chromophore.

You're spoiling your type—and it affects me as a chromo would, or a crude crayon portrait, or any other dreadful thing.'

Contrary Mary |Temple Bailey
"You tell him we ought to have a chromo," returned Mings, with a foolish grin.

Motor Matt's Clue |Stanley R. Matthews
All sized and chromo papers may be varnished without preparation.

Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam
"That's a violent specimen of a chromo you've got up there," remarked Silver, casual, to the pawnbroker.

Strictly Business |O. Henry

On the wall was a chromo lithograph of a girl clinging to a wave-swept pillar of stone.

The Sheriff of Badger |George B. Pattullo

chromo

/ (ˈkrəʊməʊ) /

short for chromolithograph

chromo-

indicating colour, coloured, or pigment chromogen

indicating chromium chromyl

from Greek khrōma colour

chromo-

Color:chromogenesis.