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{{Redirect|Color notation|Dolores Catherino's polychromatic notation system|Polychromatic system}}

'''Color notation''' is a [[musical notation]] system for [[just intonation]]. Features:

* No new symbols: all microtonal [[Inflections and alterations|inflections]] are familiar characters; hence they are immediately speed-readable.

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==Ups and downs, lifts and drops, plain and mid==

Color notation merely renames ratios more conveniently, and strictly speaking, it only applies to just intonation. However, ratios are often used to loosely describe intervals in [[EDO | edos]], and colors can be used as well. A more precise notation uses [[Ups and ~~Downs Notation~~ |'''ups''' '''and''' '''downs''']] (^ and v) as "virtual colors", inflections that always map to exactly one edostep. Ups and downs are used on the score just like color inflections are. Notes are named e.g. up C sharp = ^C#. [[Sharpness | Sharp-1 and flat-1]] edos don't require ups and downs.

Color notation merely renames ratios more conveniently, and strictly speaking, it only applies to just intonation. However, ratios are often used to loosely describe intervals in [[EDO | edos]], and colors can be used as well. A more precise notation uses [[Ups and downs notation |'''ups''' '''and''' '''downs''']] (^ and v) as "virtual colors", inflections that always map to exactly one edostep. Ups and downs are used on the score just like color inflections are. Notes are named e.g. up C sharp = ^C#. [[Sharpness | Sharp-1 and flat-1]] edos don't require ups and downs.

Unlike actual colors, virtual colors generally add up to something simpler, e.g. three of 22edo's ups adds up to an A1. Unlike actual colors, virtual colors combine with major, minor, etc. Intervals are named upmajor 3rd = ^M3, up 4th = ^4, downaug 5th = vA5, etc.

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+{{Redirect|Color notation|Dolores Catherino's polychromatic notation system|Polychromatic system}}
 '''Color notation''' is a [[musical notation]] system for [[just intonation]]. Features:
 * No new symbols: all microtonal [[Inflections and alterations|inflections]] are familiar characters; hence they are immediately speed-readable.
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 ==Ups and downs, lifts and drops, plain and mid==
-Color notation merely renames ratios more conveniently, and strictly speaking, it only applies to just intonation. However, ratios are often used to loosely describe intervals in [[EDO | edos]], and colors can be used as well. A more precise notation uses [[Ups and Downs Notation |'''ups''' '''and''' '''downs''']] (^ and v) as "virtual colors", inflections that always map to exactly one edostep. Ups and downs are used on the score just like color inflections are. Notes are named e.g. up C sharp = ^C#. [[Sharpness | Sharp-1 and flat-1]] edos don't require ups and downs.
+Color notation merely renames ratios more conveniently, and strictly speaking, it only applies to just intonation. However, ratios are often used to loosely describe intervals in [[EDO | edos]], and colors can be used as well. A more precise notation uses [[Ups and downs notation |'''ups''' '''and''' '''downs''']] (^ and v) as "virtual colors", inflections that always map to exactly one edostep. Ups and downs are used on the score just like color inflections are. Notes are named e.g. up C sharp = ^C#. [[Sharpness | Sharp-1 and flat-1]] edos don't require ups and downs.
 Unlike actual colors, virtual colors generally add up to something simpler, e.g. three of 22edo's ups adds up to an A1. Unlike actual colors, virtual colors combine with major, minor, etc. Intervals are named upmajor 3rd = ^M3, up 4th = ^4, downaug 5th = vA5, etc.