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  • adverb In terms of color.

Etymologies

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color +‎ -wise

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Examples

  • I guess he prefers someone who looks like him colorwise so his rhetorics were all fake.

    John and Elizabeth Edwards speak out 2008

  • I love how everything balances out both tonally and colorwise in the second one--that one's like a visual poem to me.

    Utopiales Poster, Part 1 James Gurney 2009

  • I don't think greenish hazel can look like blue, no matter what color you put it against, unless your TV is out of whack colorwise.

    Supernatural: It’s a Terrible Life - Pink Raygun.com 2009

  • Looks good to me, colorwise, and I like the fact that the Administrivia and sundry are done as a separate tab on the side.

    Don’t Panic « Whatever 2008

  • As for tartans, I agree with keeping them simple . . . the "hunting tartans" of today are probably the closest to what they really were colorwise.

    The Standard Has Been Raised Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • A compact orange flowered long blooming annual would fit the criteria perfectly seedwise and colorwise.

    Cosmic Cosmos Confusion « Fairegarden 2008

  • This shows us like a floor runner and it coordinates colorwise.

    CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2008 2008

  • You also want a menu that is not a bore colorwise (filet of sole, string beans almondine, scalloped potatoes, crème brûlée) or texturewise (herbed grilled salmon, yam-apple soufflé, creamed spinach).

    Weddings Valentine Style Diann Valentine 2006

  • Even colorwise, it's confusing, because there are white carrots, yellow beets and purple potatoes.

    NYT > Home Page By MARK BITTMAN 2012

  • Even colorwise, it's confusing, because there are white carrots, yellow beets and purple potatoes.

    NYT > Home Page By MARK BITTMAN 2012

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