Pris-măt'ic or Pris-măt'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. prismatique, Sp. & It. prismatico.]

Sense 1. Resembling or related to a prism; as, a prismatic form. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. 3. (Crystal-log.) Pertaining to the trimeric system or right-prismatic forms. Dana.

Prismatic colors, the seven colors into which light is resolved when passed through a prism, primary colors. See PRIMARY.—Prismatic spectrum, the solar spectrum. See SOLAR.

A prism refracts light into a spectrum of colors, from violet to red. — Prismatic Colors.