color scheme

noun

: a particular combination of colors
They chose an unusual color scheme for the living room.

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After a spring and summer of white, pink, and purple hues, many people prefer planting beds in a yellow-bronze-orange color scheme in fall for something different. David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 7 Aug. 2026 Add a burst of brightness to a quieter color scheme by way of vibrant shoes like the chartreuse wedges above. Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026 Other insignias were created for lower ranks—some rendered in silver, others in gold—but in the decade following the American Civil War, the current color scheme had become largely fixed. Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026 The navy and green color scheme is incredible and is otherwise completely absent from the visual history of this hockey team. The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 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 11 Aug. 2026.

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