chromatic vs metis

chromatic

adj
  • Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid. 

  • One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord. 

  • Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction. 

  • Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written. 

  • Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue. 

  • Relating to chromatin (“a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division”). 

metis

adj
  • Of mixed heritage 

  • Of Métis heritage. 

noun
  • A person of mixed-race ancestry. 

  • A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon. 

  • Practical intelligence; street smarts. 

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