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coloration

2 entries found.


Main Entry:
col·or·a·tion 
          Listen to the pronunciation of coloration
Pronunciation:
\ˌkə-lə-ˈrā-shən\
Function:
noun
Date:
1617
1 a: the state of being colored <the dark coloration of his skin> b: use or choice of colors (as by an artist) c: arrangement of colors <the coloration of a butterfly's wing>2 a: characteristic quality <the newspapers…took on the former coloration of the magazine — L. B. Seltzer> b: aspect suggesting an attitude : persuasion <the chameleon talent for taking on the intellectual coloration of whatever idea he happened to fasten onto — Budd Schulberg>3: subtle variation of intensity or quality of tone <a wide range of coloration from the orchestra>


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