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chro·mat·ic

(krō-măt′ĭk)

adj.

a. Relating to colors or color.

b. Relating to color perceived to have a saturation greater than zero.

2. Music

a. Of, relating to, or based on the chromatic scale.

b. Relating to chords or harmonies based on nonharmonic tones.

[Greek khrōmatikos, from khrōma, khrōmat-, color.]

chro·mat′i·cal·ly adv.

chro·mat′i·cism (-sĭz′əm) n.

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chromatic

(krəˈmætɪk)

adj

1. (Colours) of, relating to, or characterized by a colour or colours

2. (Classical Music) music

a. involving the sharpening or flattening of notes or the use of such notes in chords and harmonic progressions

b. of or relating to the chromatic scale or an instrument capable of producing it: a chromatic harmonica.

c. of or relating to chromaticism. Compare diatonic

[C17: from Greek khrōmatikos, from khrōma colour]

chroˈmatically adv

chroˈmaticism n

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chro•mat•ic

(kroʊˈmæt ɪk, krə-)

adj.

1. pertaining to color.

a. of, pertaining to, or involving the musical chromatic scale.

b. marked by the use of musical accidentals.

[1590–1600; < Greek chrōmatikós=chrōmat- (see chromato-) + -ikos -ic]

chro•mat′i•cal•ly, adv.

chro·mat·ic

(krō-măt′ĭk)

Relating to color or colors.

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Adj.	1.	chromatic - able to refract light without spectral color separation; "chromatic lens"
	2.	chromatic - based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic scale" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner diatonic - based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
	3.	chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue coloured, colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

Translations

لَوْني، مُرَكَّز على السُّلَّم اللوني

chromatickýpůltónový

kromatisk

chromatisch

χρωματικός

chromatique

krómatískur, smástígur

cromatico

chromatinis

hromatisks

chromatický

半音阶的

chromatic

[krəˈmætɪk] ADJ (Mus, Tech) → cromático

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chromatic

[krəˈmætɪk] adj (= concerning colour) → chromatiquechromatic scale n (MUSIC) → gamme f chromatique

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chromatic

adj (Art, Mus) → chromatisch

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chromatic

[krəˈmætɪk] adj (Mus) → cromatico/a

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chromatic

(krəˈmӕtik) , ((American) krou-) : chromatic scale

a series of musical notes, each separated from the next by a semitone.

chro·mat·ic

a. cromático-a, rel. al color.

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On the one hand the proposition was calculated to bring the Women in all classes over to the side of the Chromatic Innovation.

Once subjected to the chromatic taint, every parental and every childish Circle would demoralize each other.

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The human eye is an imperfect instrument; its range is but a few octaves of the real 'chromatic scale.' I am not mad; there are colors that we cannot see.

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But suddenly a storm came on, chromatic scales and diminished sevenths were heard in the orchestra, everyone ran off, again dragging one of their number away, and the curtain dropped.

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The light from the water-bottle was merely engaged in a chromatic problem.

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I read for the lustres, as if one should use a fine picture in a chromatic experiment, for its rich colors.

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-- To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.

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Although the selected key signatures are not difficult for the beginning student, there are many pieces that have chromatic bass lines and melodies including All The Things You Are and When Sunny Gets Blue.

Sequential Jazz Piano Songs: 26 Easy Favorites Carefully Selected and Arranged in Order of Difficulty

Muscat, May 29 (BNA): The International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) has announced that the Photographic Society of Oman of the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture and Science (SQHCCS) won the silver medal at the 28th Chromatic FIAP Biennial in Spain in the chromatic print section.

Oman photographic society win FIAP medal

Sun Chemical's Perrindo product line, known for its excellent transparency, is used by formulators to produce deep, rich, chromatic coatings.

Sun Chemical Increases Production Capacity of Perrindo Pigments

These so-called pigments or chromatic disturbances lessen the skin's luminosity.

Decoding Light

These chromatic colors tend to be more popular within the smaller vehicle segments, such as compact and subcompact cars.