chromatic

Definitions

Relating to or produced by color.

Relating to a musical scale consisting entirely of semitones.

Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.

Examples

The composer used a complex chromatic scale to create a sense of tension throughout the piece.

The artist carefully blended the chromatic colors to achieve a vibrant and lifelike effect on the canvas.

Synonyms

colorful vibrant multicolored variegated polychromatic bright hued

Antonyms

achromatic monochromatic colorless drab dull neutral black and white