Definition of coloration
1 a
:the state of having color
- 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
- 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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