chromatics

American  

[kroh-mat-iks, kruh-] / kroʊˈmæt ɪks, krə- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the science of colors.

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chromatics British  

/ ˈkrəʊmətɪst, krəʊˈmætɪks, ˌkrəʊməˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the science of colour

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Other Word Forms

• chromatist noun

Etymology

Origin of chromatics

First recorded in 1700–10; chromatic, -ics

Example Sentences

The band played wall-of-sound guitar music, combining major chord lifts with chromatics from their native land.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2018

There were harmonic patterns and motifs that peeped through the dense chromatics; and Josefowicz, playing from memory, drew a standing ovation for her intense delivery.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2017

McLaughlin began to paint just as its gestural extravagances and emotionally fraught chromatics began to coalesce into the New York School.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2016

Philadelphia and New York have not forgotten the harrowing chromatics in Die Gl�ckliche Hand, which Leopold Stokowski gave three years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Oh, I've invented a great many things," said he, indifferently—"this, for instance"—and he began playing a double roll of octaves in chromatics in the bass of the piano.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Hubbard, Elbert