chromatic
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Since it operated without the pouches of chromatic gel that Samaras had previously manipulated, he employed double exposures, colored lights, and paint to alter his images.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
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
Not so much by the delightfully odd “Space Babies” episode with its on-the-nose title and guest cast that’s still in diapers but the chromatic cheer of the whole thing.
From Salon • May 10, 2024
L’Rain — the songwriter and performer Taja Cheek — ponders vengeful, destructive impulses in a near-lullaby that wanders through a chromatic chord progression, building ambivalence into the harmonies.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023
He swallowed hard, drew a breath and made another attempt, producing this time a roll call on a rising chromatic scale.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing chromatic
Music - Middle School
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