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'''Color notation''' is a [[musical notation]] system for [[just intonation]] interval qualities. Unlike many systems which linearize interval qualities into a scale with steps along it, color notation takes advantage of just intonation's multi-dimensional structure (similar to a color space) for its model of interval qualities. As such, instead of conventional accidentals or interval qualities, new terms unique to color notation are used instead. | '''Color notation''' is a [[musical notation]] system for [[just intonation]] interval qualities. Unlike many systems which linearize interval qualities into a scale with steps along it or fail to provide a coherent system of interval qualities at all, color notation takes advantage of just intonation's multi-dimensional structure (similar to a color space) for its model of interval qualities. As such, instead of conventional accidentals or interval qualities, new terms unique to color notation are used instead. | ||
Because interval qualities can be notated with color notation, so can both notes and just intervals themselves. This means that as a result, color notation can name temperaments, scales, chords, progressions, and prime subgroups. | Because interval qualities can be notated with color notation, so can both notes and just intervals themselves. This means that as a result, color notation can name temperaments, scales, chords, progressions, and prime subgroups. | ||