Skip to content

cromático

chromatic

adjective kroh-MAH-tee-koh Rare
Arts & Culture Music

Origin: From Greek chromatikos, from chroma, 'color'.

Usage Note

Cromático has two main fields of use: in art and design it means relating to color (escala cromática, color scale), while in music it refers to the chromatic scale using all twelve semitones (escala cromática). The feminine form is cromática. It is a technical or educated register term.

Examples

"La escala cromática incluye todos los semitonos."

Natural Translation

The chromatic scale includes all the semitones.

Free starter pack

Building your Spanish vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Spanish by topic