chromatic

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Both the original and chromatic versions of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” for example, are available on demand.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

The treed “Woodland Garden” to the west, with black tupelo and swamp white oaks, gives way to a “Perennial Meadow,” whose asters, purple beebalms and orange butterfly weed were chosen for their chromatic effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

This roughly mimics the developmental progression of chromatic enrichment as babies' eyesight matures over the first years of life.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

A Busoni aficionado, Levit brings tautness without rigidity to tame the sprawling, potentially meandering, Bach-loving “Fantasia Contrappuntistica,” before closing with Busoni’s “Nuit de Noël,” another chromatic fantasia, gently snowy.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Use the chromatic circle to find the direction and number of half steps to get from your key to the other key.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones