Meaning of COLORATION
| Pronunciation: | | `kulu'reyshun
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- [n] choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
- [n] appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
- [n] the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
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| | Synonyms: | | colouration, colouration |
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| | See Also: | | choice, color, coloring, colour, colouring, depigmentation, hair coloring, option, pick, pigmentation, protective coloration, quality, selection, timber, timbre, tone | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Col`or*a"tion\, n.
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
--Bacon.
The females . . . resemble each other in their general
type of coloration. --Darwin.
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| | Related Terms: | | achromatism, allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, assumption, cast, chromatism, chromism, color, color balance, color harmony, color printing, color scheme, coloring, complexion, connotation, decorator color, dyeing, emblazonry, hint, hue, illumination, implication, implied meaning, import, inference, innuendo, intimation, ironic suggestion, key, lithography, meaning, metaphorical sense, natural color, nuance, occult meaning, overtone, pallor, pigmentation, presumption, presupposition, shade, skin color, staining, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, supposition, symbolism, tinct, tinction, tincture, tinge, tinging, tint, tinting, tone, touch, undercolor, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone |
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