color scheme
noun
: a particular combination of colors
They chose an unusual color scheme for the living room.
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If planning the event’s color scheme and mood board wasn’t enough, the fiancé consulted his best friend on the bride’s selection of wedding dress inspiration photos — without telling her.
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 2 July 2025
The site also added that Burrow's blue Gucci sneakers did not coordinate with the color scheme of his outfit.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
My room—a villa, really—features the hotel-wide color scheme of white, terra-cotta, and green, with distinctive majolica plates adorning the wall and ceramic lamps from the nearby town of Grottaglie.
—Nick Thompson, Air Mail, 28 June 2025
The poster features a swirling vortex with Stewart and Novak in silhouette, and its dramatic color scheme is echoed by the pen.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 2 July 2025
The site also added that Burrow's blue Gucci sneakers did not coordinate with the color scheme of his outfit.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
My room—a villa, really—features the hotel-wide color scheme of white, terra-cotta, and green, with distinctive majolica plates adorning the wall and ceramic lamps from the nearby town of Grottaglie.
—Nick Thompson, Air Mail, 28 June 2025
The poster features a swirling vortex with Stewart and Novak in silhouette, and its dramatic color scheme is echoed by the pen.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for color scheme
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“Color scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20scheme. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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