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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Greek
Origin: chromatikos, from chroma 'skin, color'

chromatic

 adjective
     
Related topics: Music, Colours
chro‧mat‧ic
1APM technical related to a musical scale which consists of semitones:
a chromatic scale
chromatic harmonies
2CC formal related to bright colours
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