chromatic

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The term chromatic derives from the Greek word chroma, meaning color.

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  1. adjective Relating to colors or color.
  2. adjective Relating to color perceived to have a saturation greater than zero.
  3. adjective Music Of, relating to, or based on the chromatic scale.
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  • And what puzzled our fathers—the shifting lights and shadows, the restless tonalities—are welcome, for at the beginning of this new century the chromatic is king. —  Chopin: The Man and His Music
  • If the iPhone does go chromatic, then it would be the entire line going. —  MacMod - Connecting Smart Mac Users
  • Apple's "Let's Rock" event on September 9th introduced new models of the iPod Nano in "nano-chromatic" colors and an enhanced iPod Touch, all at lower prices. —  Meandering Passage
  • IPod nano updated, elongated, and nano-chromatic - The worst-kept secret of today's Apple Let's Rock iPod event was the newly updated iPod nano. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • The iPod nano advert shows all nine colours of nano flying in and resting on a surface while paints runs off the bottom of the screen, ending with the phrase "nano-chromatic". —  World of Apple
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  1. Greek khrōmatikos, from khrōma, khrōmat-, color.

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  1. = French chromatique = Spanish cromático = Portuguese chromatico = Italian cromatico, from Latin chromaticus, from Greek χρωματικός, relating to color, from χρῶμα (τ-, color, Complexion, prop, the skin, surface, from χρώζειν, χροιζειν, touch the surface, tinge, color, from χροιά, χρόα, skin, surface, complexion, color; cf. χρώς in same senses.
 

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