chromatically
Americanadverb
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Music. in a way that relates to or makes use of a chromatic scale.
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in a way that relates to color.
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Venetian painting of the Renaissance is richly, radiantly colored, mainly because it is oil-based, unlike the Florentines’ water-based tempera, which yields a more chromatically subdued result.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
During the night the air quality has chromatically shifted from an “unhealthy” red to a “very unhealthy” maroon.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2023
Mother and daughter have exhibited several times together, most recently in Los Angeles, where a critic’s remark that their work was “compositionally diametric yet chromatically in sync” captured the creative tension between them.
From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2020
It is dominated by the dialogue between the rough-hewed relief paintings of Thornton Dial and the geometrically, chromatically brilliant quilts of the Gee’s Bend collective.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2018
Pogliani turning from the spaghetti theme chromatically to that of the risotto, the most succulent and appetizing risotto to be tasted this side of Bonvecchiati's in Venice ... or the polenta with funghi....
From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl
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