Thanks Faldage and wwh, for the clarification. So, it appears my source had it wrong. Still, we must agree that the two words sound remarkably alike, eh?

On a somewhat related note, how did chromium (the steely, shiny, totally 'colourless' metal that men somehow seem to bond with, especially if it is combined with glass and horror of horrors!, wood!!!..ugh ), get its name? Everthing else, that I can think of, with chromos as the root, is colourful. This one seems like an oxymoronic *word, going by appearances at least...