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1. Able to refract light without spectral colour separation
   "chromatic lens"
    
2. (music) based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
   "a chromatic scale"
    
3. Being, having or characterized by hue

See also: amber, amber-green, amethyst, auburn, aureate, avocado, azure, beige, blackish-brown, blackish-red, blae, blood-red, blue, blue-green, blueish, blue-lilac, blue-purple, blue-violet, bluey, bluish, bluish green, bluish-lilac, bluish-purple, bluish-violet, blushful, bottle-green, bright blue, bright-red, bronze, bronze-red, bronzy, brown, brown-green, brownish, brownish-green, brownish-orange, brownish-purple, brownish-red, brownish-yellow, brown-purple, browny, buff, buff-brown, canary, canary-yellow, caramel, caramel brown, carmine, carnation, cerise, cerulean, chartreuse, cherry, cherry-red, chestnut, chestnut-brown, Chinese-red, chocolate-brown, chromaticity, chukker-brown, cinnabar, colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], copper colored [US], copper coloured [Brit, Cdn], coppery, coral, coral-red, creamy, creamy-yellow, cress green, cresson, crimson, crimson-magenta, crimson-purple, crimson-yellow, cyan, dark-blue, dark-brown, dark-green, deep-pink, deep-yellow, drab, dull-purple, dun, earthlike, flame, flame-orange, flavescent [formal], fuscous, gilded, gilt, gold, golden, golden-brown, golden-green, golden-yellow, gray-blue [US], gray-brown [US], gray-green [US], grayish-blue [US], grayish-brown [US], grayish-green [US], grayish-pink [US], gray-pink [US], green, greenish, greenish-brown, greeny, grey-blue [Brit, Cdn], grey-brown [Brit, Cdn], grey-green [Brit, Cdn], greyish-blue [Brit, Cdn], greyish-brown [Brit, Cdn], greyish-green [Brit, Cdn], greyish-pink [Brit, Cdn], grey-pink [Brit, Cdn], hazel, hazel-brown, honey, hue, jade, jade-green, khaki, lavender, lavender-pink, lavender-tinged, light-blue, light-green, lilac, lilac-blue, lilac-colored [US], lilac-coloured [Brit, Cdn], lilac-pink, lilac-purple, magenta, magenta pink, mahogany-red, maroon, maroon-purple, mauve, mauve-blue, mauve-pink, moss green, mosstone, mouse-colored [US], mouse-coloured [Brit, Cdn], mouselike, mousey, mousy, mummy-brown, ocher [US], ochre [Brit, Cdn], olive, olive-brown, olive-drab, orange, orange-brown, orange-red, orangish, orangish-red, pale blue, peachy, peachy-colored [US], peachy-coloured [Brit, Cdn], peacock-blue, pea-green, pink, pinkish, pinkish-lavender, pinkish-orange, pinkish-purple, pink-lavender, pink-orange, pink-purple, pink-red, pink-tinged, pinky, powder blue, powdery-blue, purple, purple-blue, purple-brown, purple-green, purple-lilac, purple-red, purple-tinged, purple-tinted, purplish, purplish-blue, purplish-brown, purplish-green, purplish-lilac, purplish-red, raspberry-red, red, red-brown, reddish, reddish-brown, reddish-lavender, reddish-orange, reddish-pink, reddish-purple, reddish-violet, reddy, red-lavender, red-orange, red-purple, red-violet, rosaceous, rose, roseate, rose-lavender, rose-lilac, rose-mauve, rose-purple, rose-red, rose-tinged, rose-tinted, rosy, rosy-purple, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, rufescent, russet, rust, rust-brown, rust-red, rusty, rusty-brown, rusty-red, sage, sage-green, salmon, sapphire, scarlet, scarlet-crimson, scarlet-pink, sea-green, silver-blue, silver-green, silvery-blue, silvery-green, sky-blue, snuff, snuff-brown, sorrel, stone, straw, sulfur-yellow, sulphur-yellow, tan, tangerine, tannish, taupe, tawny, tawny-brown, teal, ultramarine, umber, vermilion, vermillion, vinaceous, violet, violet-blue, violet-pink, violet-tinged, violet-tinted, watercress, white-pink, wine-red, xanthous, yellow, yellow-beige, yellow-brown, yellow-green, yellowish, yellowish-beige, yellowish-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-tinged, yellowy

Antonym: diatonic, neutral

Encyclopedia: Chromatic