Difference between Xanthous and Chromatic

What is the difference between Xanthous and Chromatic?

Xanthous as an adjective is yellow-brown; yolk-colored. while Chromatic as an adjective is relating to or characterised by hue.

Xanthous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Yellow-brown; yolk-colored. Pertaining to people with skin and hair that is lighter than usual for their race or ethnicity, as a result of recessive alleles.

Chromatic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to or characterised by hue.Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.Regarding all twelve traditional Western pitch classes, regardless of temperament or intonation; Regarding entire sets of alternative pitch class systems.

We hope you now know whether to use Xanthous or Chromatic in your sentence.

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