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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
chro·mat·ic       [kroh-mat-ik, kruh-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to color or colors.
2.Music.
a.involving a modification of the normal scale by the use of accidentals.
b.progressing by semitones, esp. to a tone having the same letter name, as in C to C sharp.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < Gk chrōmatikós, equiv. to chrōmat- (see chromato-) + -ikos -ic]

—Related forms
chro·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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chro·mat·ic       (krō-māt'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
    1. Relating to colors or color.
    2. Relating to color perceived to have a saturation greater than zero.
    3. Of, relating to, or based on the chromatic scale.
    4. Relating to chords or harmonies based on nonharmonic tones.
  2. Music
    1. Of, relating to, or based on the chromatic scale.
    2. 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
chromatic 
1597 (of music), 1831 (of color), from Gk. khromatikos "suited for color," from khroma (gen. khromatos) "color, complexion, character," but also used of music, orig. "skin, surface."

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chromatic

adjective
1. able to refract light without spectral color separation; "chromatic lens" 
2. based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic scale" [ant: diatonic] 
3. being or having or characterized by hue [ant: achromatic] 

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chromatic       (krō-māt'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to color or colors.

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chromatic chro·mat·ic (krō-māt'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Relating to color or colors.
  2. Produced by or made in a color or colors.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Chromatic

Chro*mat"ic\, a. [L. chromaticus, Gr. ?, suited for color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the skin.]

1. Relating to color, or to colors.

2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale.

Note: The intermediate tones were formerly written and printed in colors.

Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See Aberration, 4.

Chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors.

Chromatic scale (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen tones, including the eight scale tones and the five intermediate tones.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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