chrome 
(krōm)
(krōm)n.
1.
a. Chromium or a chromium alloy.
b. Something plated with a chromium alloy.
2. A pigment containing chromium.
tr.v. chromed, chrom·ing, chromes
1. To plate with chromium.
2. To tan or dye with a chromium compound.
[French, from Greek khrōma, color (from the brilliant colors of chromium compounds).]