Chromatic /(?)/

Chro·mat·ic

Chromatic

a.
  1. Relating to color, or to colors.
  2. Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale. (Mus.)

Phrases & Compounds
Chromatic aberration
See Aberration, 4.
Chromatic printing
printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors.
Chromatic scale
the scale consisting of thirteen tones, including the eight scale tones and the five intermediate tones.