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CHROMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chromatic mean? 

CHROMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective CHROMATIC has 3 senses:

1. able to refract light without spectral color separationplay

2. based on a scale consisting of 12 semitonesplay

3. being or having or characterized by hueplay

  Familiarity information: CHROMATIC used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHROMATIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to refract light without spectral color separation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

chromatic lens

Pertainym:

color (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones

Context example:

a chromatic scale

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Antonym:

diatonic (based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Being or having or characterized by hue

Similar:

amber; brownish-yellow; yellow-brown (of a medium to dark brownish yellow color)

amber-green (of green tinged with amber)

amethyst (of a moderate purple color)

auburn ((of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown)

aureate; gilded; gilt; gold; golden (having the deep slightly brownish color of gold)

avocado (of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado)

azure; bright blue; cerulean; sky-blue (of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky)

beige (of a light greyish-brown color)

blackish-brown (of brown tinged with black)

blackish-red (of red tinged with black)

blae (of bluish-black or grey-blue)

blue; blueish; bluish (of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky)

blue-green; bluish green; cyan; teal (of a bluish shade of green)

blue-lilac; bluish-lilac (of lavender tinged with blue)

blue-purple; bluish-purple (of purple tinged with blue)

blue-violet; bluish-violet (of violet tinted with blue)

blushful; rosy (of blush color)

bottle-green (of a dark to moderate greyish green color)

bright-red; raspberry-red (of the red of fresh raspberries)

bronze; bronzy (of the color of bronze)

bronze-red (of red tinged with bronze)

brown; brownish; chocolate-brown; dark-brown (of a color similar to that of wood or earth)

brown-green; brownish-green (of green tinged with brown)

brown-purple; brownish-purple (of dark purple tinted with brown)

buff (of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather)

buff-brown (of brown tinged with buff)

canary; canary-yellow (having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow)

caramel; caramel brown (having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown)

carnation (pink or pinkish)

chartreuse (of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur)

chestnut ((of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color)

chestnut-brown ((of hair or feathers) of brown tinged with chestnut)

copper colored; coppery (of something having the color of copper)

coral (of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color)

coral-red (of red tinged with coral)

creamy (of the color of cream)

creamy-yellow (yellow with a creamy tinge)

cress green; cresson; watercress (of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green)

crimson-magenta (magenta tinged with crimson)

crimson-purple (purple tinged with crimson)

crimson-yellow (yellow tinged with crimson)

dark-blue (of a dark shade of blue)

deep-pink (of a deep shade of pink)

deep-yellow (of something having the color of a pumpkin)

dull-purple (of a dull shade of purple)

dun (of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color)

earthlike (earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth)

fuscous; taupe (of something having a dusky brownish grey color)

golden-yellow (of yellow tinged with gold)

golden-brown (of brown tinged with gold)

golden-green (of green tinged with gold)

gray-blue; grayish-blue; grey-blue; greyish-blue (of blue tinged with grey)

gray-brown; grayish-brown; grey-brown; greyish-brown (of brown tinged with grey)

gray-green; grayish-green; grey-green; greyish-green (of green tinged with grey)

gray-pink; grayish-pink; grey-pink; greyish-pink (of pink tinged with grey)

dark-green; green; greenish; light-green (of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass)

greenish-brown (of brown tinged with green)

hazel (of a light brown or yellowish brown color)

hazel-brown (of brown tinged with hazel)

honey (of something having the color of honey)

jade; jade-green (of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green)

khaki (of a yellowish brown color)

lavender; lilac; lilac-colored (of a pale purple color)

lavender-tinged (of something tinged with lavender)

light-blue; pale blue (of a light shade of blue)

lilac-blue; violet-blue (of blue tinged with lavender)

lavender-pink; lilac-pink; violet-pink (of pink tinged with lavender)

lilac-purple (of purple tinged with lilac)

magenta (of deep purplish red)

magenta pink (of pink tinged with magenta)

brownish-red; maroon (of dark brownish to purplish red)

maroon-purple (of purple tinged with maroon)

mauve (of a pale to moderate greyish violet color)

mauve-blue (of blue tinged with mauve)

mauve-pink (of pink tinged with mauve)

moss green; mosstone (of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color)

mouse-colored; mouselike; mousey; mousy (of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse)

ocher; ochre (of a moderate orange-yellow color)

olive-brown (of a brown color with a greenish tinge)

drab; olive-drab (of a light brownish green color)

olive (of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive)

orange; orangish (of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange)

orange-red; orangish-red (of red tinged with orange)

orange-brown (of brown tinged with orange)

peachy; peachy-colored; peachy-coloured (of something resembling a peach in color)

peacock-blue (of bright greenish blue)

pea-green (of a moderate slightly yellowish-green color)

pink; pinkish (of a light shade of red)

pink-lavender; pinkish-lavender (of lavender tinged with pink)

pink-orange; pinkish-orange; salmon (of orange tinged with pink)

pink-red (of red tinged with pink)

pink-tinged (of a color tinged with pink)

pink-purple; pinkish-purple (of purple tinged with pink)

powder blue; powdery-blue (of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue)

purple; purplish; violet (of a color intermediate between red and blue)

purple-blue; purplish-blue (of blue tinged with purple)

purple-brown; purplish-brown (of brown tinged with purple)

purple-green; purplish-green (of green tinged with purple)

purple-lilac; purplish-lilac (of lavender tinged with purple)

purple-red; purplish-red (of red tinged with purple)

purple-tinged; purple-tinted (of a color tinged with purple)

blood-red; carmine; cerise; cherry; cherry-red; crimson; red; reddish; ruby; ruby-red; ruddy; scarlet (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)

mahogany-red; red-brown; reddish-brown (of brown tinged with red)

red-lavender; reddish-lavender (of something having a lavender color tinged with red)

reddish-pink (of a pink color that is close to red)

flame-orange; red-orange; reddish-orange (of orange tinged with red)

red-purple; reddisn-purple (of purple tinged with red)

red-violet; reddish-violet (of violet tinged with red)

rosaceous; rose; roseate (of something having a dusty purplish pink color)

rose-red (of a deep slightly bluish red color)

rose-lavender; rose-lilac (of lavender tinged with rose)

rose-mauve (of mauve tinged with rose)

rose-purple; rosy-purple (of purple with a rose tinge)

rose-tinged; rose-tinted (of a color tinged with rose)

russet (of brown with a reddish tinge)

rust; rust-brown; rusty (of the brown color of rust)

rust-red; rusty-red (of a red color tinged with rust)

rusty-brown (of something having the brown color of rust)

sage; sage-green (of the grey-green color of sage leaves)

sapphire (of something having the color of a blue sapphire)

scarlet-crimson (of crimson tinged with scarlet)

scarlet-pink (of pink tinged with scarlet)

sea-green (of the color of the sea; bluish green)

silver-blue; silvery-blue (of something having a color that is a light shiny blue)

silver-green; silvery-green (of something having a color that is a light shiny green)

chukker-brown; mummy-brown; snuff; snuff-brown (snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown)

brownish-orange; sorrel (of a light brownish color)

stone (of any of various dull tannish or grey colors)

straw (of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored)

sulfur-yellow; sulphur-yellow (of something having the yellow color of sulfur)

tan (of a light yellowish-brown color)

tannish (of a color resembling tan)

tangerine (of a strong reddish orange color)

tawny; tawny-brown (of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather)

ultramarine (of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color)

umber (of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments)

Chinese-red; cinnabar; vermilion; vermillion (of a vivid red to reddish-orange color)

vinaceous (of the color of wine)

violet-tinged; violet-tinted (of something that is tinged with violet)

white-pink (of pink tinged with white; a light tint of pink)

wine-red (of something having the dark red color of red wine)

xanthous; yellow; yellowish (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk)

yellow-beige; yellowish-beige (of beige tinged with yellow)

yellow-green (of a color midway between yellow and green)

yellow-orange; yellowish-orange (of orange tinged with yellow)

yellow-tinged (of a color tinged with yellow)

Also:

colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)

Attribute:

chromaticity; hue (the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength)

Antonym:

achromatic (having no hue)

Derivation:

chroma (chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue)

chromaticity (the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength)


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