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chromatic
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chromatic
adj.
colorful, multicolored
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Diatonic and chromatic
Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are most often used to characterize scales, and are also applied to musical instruments, intervals, chords, notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony. They are very often used as a pair, especially when applied to contrasting features of the common practice music of the period 1600–1900.
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chromatic
Adjective
1. able to refract light without spectral color separation; "chromatic lens"
(pertainym) color, colour, coloring, colouring
2. based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic scale"
(antonym) diatonic
(classification) music
3. being or having or characterized by hue
(antonym) achromatic
(similar) amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown
(see-also) chestnut
(attribute) hue, chromaticity
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chromatic
příd.jm.
chromatický
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chromatic
Przym.
chromatyczny
