Definitions for chromatic

chromatic chro·mat·ic

Spelling: [kroh-mat-ik, kruh-]
IPA: /kroʊˈmæt ɪk, krə-/

Chromatic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in chromatic (acchimort).

Definitions for chromatic

adjective

  1. pertaining to color or colors.
  2. Music. involving a modification of the normal scale by the use of accidentals. progressing by semitones, especially to a tone having the same letter name, as in C to C sharp.

Origin of chromatic

1590-1600; Greek chrōmatikós, equivalent to chrōmat- (see chromato-) + -ikos -ic

Examples for chromatic

By varying the shape of the aperture we alter the form of the chromatic image.

The sea that morning passed through a succession of chromatic changes.

Similarly the g in gnostic, the e in eulogy, p in pneumonia, the h in chromatic.

Which fingering of the chromatic scale the is most conducive to speed and accuracy?

Certainly his tonalities are on the other side of diatonic and chromatic.

The same may be said for the tests of the chromatic sense, etc.

These designs also reveal the effect of the education of the chromatic sense.

Don't speak of your mother as if she were a chromatic scale.

In these chromatic displays, red is the colour that predominates.

Inside the bus, the walls are plastered with famous figures over swirls of chromatic paint.

Word Value for chromatic
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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