chromatic

From Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós), from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).

chromatic (not comparable)

1. Relating to or characterised by hue.
2. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
3. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
4. Relating to chromatin

• monochromatic
• panchromatic

• chromatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• chromatic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• chromatic at OneLook Dictionary Search