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Color, but for your ears — the notes between the notes that piano teachers warned you about.
means Relating to color, or in music, using all twelve semitones rather than a standard scale's chosen seven.
from From Greek khroma, meaning color or complexion — ancient Greeks heard those extra notes as music wearing makeup.
Eye scienceChromatic aberration is lenses failing to focus all colors.
Full setThe chromatic scale uses every semitone in an octave.
Aberrant cellsChromosomes were named for how readily they soak up dye.