To the chagrin of many Western composers, steel drums, or steelpans, tend not to be fully chromatic.
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Chromatic
//kɹəˈmæt.ɪk//
Synonyms for "chromatic" (175 found)
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coldcolorificcoloringcoolcopper coloredcoralcoral redcreamycreamy yellowcress greencrimson magentacrimson purplecrimson yellowdark bluedeep pinkdeep yellowdichromaticdull purpledunearthlike
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enharmonicfuscousglowinggolden browngolden greengolden yellowgrayish bluegrayish browngrayish greengrayish pinkgreenish brownharmonioushazelhazel brownhoneyjade greenkhakilavender pinklavender tingedlight bluelight greenlilac coloredlilac purplemagentamagenta pinkmany-coloredmaroon purplematchingmauvemauve bluemauve pinkmedleymonochromatic
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monochromemonochromicmoss greenmotleymouse coloredochreoliveolive brownolive draborange brownorangishorangish redparti-coloredpea greenpeachy colouredpeacock bluepigmentarypink redpink tingedpinkish
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pinkish lavenderpinkish orangepinkish purplepolychromaticpowdery blueprismaticpurple tingedpurplishpurplish bluepurplish brownpurplish greenpurplish lilacpurplish redrainbowraspberry redreddish brownreddish lavenderreddish orangereddish pinkreddish violetreddisn purplerose lavenderrose mauverose purplerose redrose tingedroseaterussetrust brownrusty brownrusty redsage greensapphirescarlet crimsonscarlet pinksea greensemitonicsilvery bluesilvery greenspectralstonestrawsulphur yellowtantangerinetannishtawny browntinctorialtingenttonaltonictoningultramarineumbervariegatedvermillionvinaceousviolet blueviolet tingedwarmwhite pinkwine redyellow greenyellow tingedyellowishyellowish beigeyellowish orange
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Antonyms
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4 entriesderived
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Translations
40 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գունային adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
Bulgarian
2 entries- хроматичен adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- цветен adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
Catalan
2 entries- cromàtic adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- cromàtic adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Czech
1 entries- chromatický adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
French
1 entries- chromatique adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
German
1 entries- chromatisch adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Icelandic
3 entries- krómatískur adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
- lit adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- lita adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
Ido
2 entries- kromatika adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- kromatika adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Indonesian
2 entries- kromatis adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- kromatis adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Irish
4 entries- crómatach adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- crómatach adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
- glédhathach adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- leath-thonach adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Italian
2 entries- cromatico adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- cromatico adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Japanese
1 entries- クロマチックな adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Kazakh
3 entries- түсті adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- хроматикалық adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- хроматтық adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kromatisk adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kromatisk adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Polish
2 entries- chromatyczny adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- chromatyczny adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Portuguese
1 entries- cromático adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
Romanian
2 entries- cromatic adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- cromatic adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Russian
3 entries- хромати́ческий adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- хромати́ческий adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
- цветно́й adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
Spanish
2 entries- cromático adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- cromático adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Swedish
2 entries- kromatisk adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
- kromatisk adj (relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written)
Tagalog
1 entries- kulayin adj (characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The chromatic thirds in this composition pose a significant technical challenge for the performer.
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Within two weeks he was playing complete songs and convinced his dad to buy him a chromatic harmonica — one with sharps and flats.
Source: tatoeba (11315320)
All the intervals of the scale that are a whole tone (step) distant from each other may be divided into half tones, (small steps), forming an entire scale of small intervals, (half tones), called the Chromatic Scale. […] All the tones (steps) of the scale being thus divided, either by means of the sharp or flat, we shall have for our Chromatic Scale thirteen intervals, of a half tone (small step) each.
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