[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chromatic \chromat"ic\, a. l. chromaticus, gr. ?, suited for
   color, fr. ?, ?, color; akin to ? color, ? skin, color of the
   skin.
   1. relating to color, or to colors.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. proceeding by the smaller intervals half steps or
      semitones of the scale, instead of the regular intervals
      of the diatonic scale.
      1913 webster

   note: the intermediate tones were formerly written and
         printed in colors.
         1913 webster

   chromatic aberration. opt. see aberration, 4.

   chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered
      with inks of various colors.

   chromatic scale mus., the scale consisting of thirteen
      tones, including the eight scale tones and the five
      intermediate tones.
      1913 webster
see also:
chromatic aberration aberration 4 chromatic printing chromatic scale 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

chromatic
     adj 1: able to refract light without spectral color separation;
            "chromatic lens"
     2: based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic
        scale" ant: diatonic
     3: being or having or characterized by hue ant: achromatic
see also:
diatonic achromatic 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "chromatic":
   cold, colorific, coloring, cool, dichromatic, enharmonic, glowing,
   harmonious, many-colored, matching, medley, monochromatic,
   monochrome, monochromic, motley, parti-colored, pigmentary,
   polychromatic, prismatic, rainbow, semitonic, spectral, tinctorial,
   tingent, tonal, tonic, toning, variegated, warm

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