coloration

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col·or·a·tion | \ ˌkə-lə-ˈrā-shən

Definition of coloration

1a : 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

2a : 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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Examples of coloration in a Sentence

the coloration of a flower the bright yellow coloration of the curtains wine glasses with circle designs and blue and green colorations He attempted to give a religious coloration to the war.

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