chromatic

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Adjective

chromatic (not comparable)

1. Relating to or characterised by hue.
2. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
3. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
4. (music) Moving in semitones.
5. Relating to chromatin

Related terms

Translations

• Italian: cromatico
• Portuguese: cromático
• Russian: цветно́й
• Spanish: cromático

Translations

• French: chromatique
• German: chromatisch
• Italian: cromatico
• Russian: хромати́ческий
• Spanish: cromático

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