Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Arrangement of colors.
- n. The sum of the beliefs or principles of a person, group, or institution.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art or practice of coloring, or the state of being colored; a coloring.
- n. Specifically, the special character or appearance of the colors and colored marks on a surface; an arrangement of colors.
Wiktionary
- n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
- n. music A musical term denoting:
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the timbre of a musical sound
- n. appearance with regard to color
- n. choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
Etymologies
- From the Latin, coloratio. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Both can have VERY similar coats and both vary in coloration depending on the climate and geographic area.”
“(Never mind that the genetic differences that determine skin coloration are so insignificant that there is no way they can account for something as complex as intelligence).”
“I went out and purchased a "souvenir plate" that looks very similar to the NM plate in coloration and simply has ROUTE 66 on it.”
“It gives an idea of the topicality of the anthology, it has mood and subtlety in coloration, it is a nice illustration.”
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“However, when his vision broadened, and as his understanding expanded, he came to realize that degradation was a matter of degrees — degrees of skin coloration, that is.”
“Evidently in their cases neither the coloration nor any habit of concealment based on the coloration is a survival factor, and this although they live in a land teeming with bird-eating hawks.”
“Despite this shawl's flamboyant (literally) coloration, which is not usually 'me', I love this shawl and have found an amazing number of outfits to wear it with.”
“The coloration is a bit brighter now, but the designs are almost exactly the same.”
“Overcast or rainy scenes can take on noise or weird coloration, which is of course distinct from the intended weird coloration used throughout.”
“Venice: Yeah the coloration is a bit odd but he's still so good looking, I most definitely approve.”
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