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chro·mat·ics

 (krō-măt′ĭks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The scientific study of color.

chro′ma·tist (-mə-tĭst) n.
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chromatics

(krəʊˈmætɪks) or

chromatology

n
(Colours) (functioning as singular) the science of colour
chromatist, ˌchromaˈtologist n
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chro•mat•ics

(kroʊˈmæt ɪks, krə-)

n. (used with a sing. v.)
the science of colors.
[1700–10]
chro•ma•tist (ˈkroʊ mə tɪst) n.
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chromatics

the branch of opties that studies the properties of colors.
See also: Color
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In recasting an earlier article, "Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Radical and Traditional Views in His Dictionnaire de musique" (Journal of Musicology 7 [1989]: 308-26), into the broader context of this book, Verba brings her examination of the fundamental disagreement concerning the issue of universal or natural laws of harmony to bear upon the more specific disagreement concerning melodic versus harmonic supremacy, drawn from her "The Development of Rameau's Thoughts on Modulation and Chromatics" (Journal of the American Musicological Society 26 [1973]: 69-91).
The colors range from tinted whites to an expanded neutral palette, to rich chromatics and to deep, blackened tones.
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This early passion for shape, color, and flight would become a foundational myth and find its fullest expression in the soaring chromatics of his later work.
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