color scheme
noun
: a particular combination of colors
They chose an unusual color scheme for the living room.
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Coach’s West Pack is designed with a mix of signature coated canvas, smooth calf leather, and a suede varsity stripe that adds a sporty and trendy touch to the simple black color scheme.
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Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
That identification owes partly to the color scheme of gray and black carbon fiber weave with deep-red stripes but also tracks back to the huge, open cave of a cargo hold, split neatly from the cockpit by a partition.
—C.c. Weiss
march 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
Those patches usually match the color scheme of each team’s jersey, so the gold patches stand out from those worn by every other player in the league.
—Larry Holder, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The 44-year-old’s shoes—the Marin Suede Boat Loafers from Vince ($295)—add a bit of texture without breaking up the line of her camel-on-camel color scheme.
—Ana Serrano, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2026
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Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
That identification owes partly to the color scheme of gray and black carbon fiber weave with deep-red stripes but also tracks back to the huge, open cave of a cargo hold, split neatly from the cockpit by a partition.
—C.c. Weiss
march 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
Those patches usually match the color scheme of each team’s jersey, so the gold patches stand out from those worn by every other player in the league.
—Larry Holder, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The 44-year-old’s shoes—the Marin Suede Boat Loafers from Vince ($295)—add a bit of texture without breaking up the line of her camel-on-camel color scheme.
—Ana Serrano, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Color scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20scheme. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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