Understanding Scientific Terms/Colors

Understanding Scientific Terminology Greek and Latin Roots of Scientific Terms.

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Lesson 5 - Colors

Many words incorporate Greek and Latin words for colors. For example, the word for a red blood cell is erythrocyte. Erythro is a Greek root meaning red. Here are some more color roots that you may encounter.

melan/o  : black

nigr/o : black

leuc/o  : white

alb/a : white

erythr/o  : red

rub/o  : red

rhod/o  : rosy / red

xanth/o  : yellow

cyan/o  : blue-green / blue

glauc/o  : grey

chlor/o  : green

chrom/o  : color