What does "amphichroic" mean?

Exhibiting or producing two colours depending on the acidity in the reaction, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

Amphichroic

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Adjective

1
Exhibiting or producing two colours depending on the acidity in the reaction, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red. not-comparable

Etymology

From amphi- + -chroic.

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