Originally Posted by: Cryptic Excretionshttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=chromatic

chro·mat·ic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kr-mtk)
adj.

Relating to colors or color.
Relating to color perceived to have a saturation greater than zero.
Music.
Of, relating to, or based on the chromatic scale.
Relating to chords or harmonies based on nonharmonic tones.

I'm guessing part of the reason why Jolly said that is because he doesn't like incorrect information regarding music theory to be spread around. The other part would be because he's a proper English fanatic.

Ok, I see all your definitions for chromatic. Now find me one for chromatics with the S at the end. Thats what I was reffering to.

What in name of misunderstanding did I say about the chromatic scale that is incorrect information. First of all I wasent giving any one advice on any thing. I was making a humorous, indirect statement about people like me who when sometimes overwhelmed by the study of music theroy, and its complex terminologys, and seamingly endless variations of patterns with names from outer space that are pronounced so diffrent, yet look, and sound so the same. People like me who get frustrated with knowledge that we need to learn, but cant understand, or remember the multi-syllable terminologys in a foreign language used to discribe them.
I was reading a answer that fret spider was giving to a person with a question "I think" about diffrent types of modes. Something in practice not extreemly complex. But I realized after reading the very lengthy, indepth answer that was required to correctly answer the question how seemingly complex the answer had to be to just discribe a few variations of scale patterns thats only diffrence was the note, or degree they started on.
So the joke, or humor in my saying when all else fails just go chromatic was in the scale dictionary the chromatic scale which is listed as one of the many, many exotic augmented, and diminished, and mixo-way out there wild and wacky scales there are to chose from, at least theres one mentioned where a frustrated, and confused theroy student can bang away with a pattern that cant miss.( Its just a joke )
Now I dont know if there many people out there like me, but if I saw the little phrase I quoated to fret spider at the bottom of his noble attempt at properly answering a frustrated music theroy investigator, I certainly wouldent have thought it to be an addition to fret spiders answer. You guys should know better, after all you are the experts.