chromatist (ˈkrəʊmətɪst) or chromatologist (ˌchromaˈtologist)
noun
chromatology in American English
(ˌkrouməˈtɑlədʒi)
noun
1.
chromatics
2.
a treatise on colors
Word origin
[1840–50; chromato- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colloid, creationism, flan, organizer, sensationalism-logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: anthropology, chronology, ethnology, topology, tropology