for color
idiom
: in order to make something more colorful
She used red peppers in the salad for color.
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Joining him for color commentary is Dell Curry — former Sixth Man of the Year with the Hornets, current famous dad of Steph and Seth.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The glare-free screen does black-and-white content at 300 ppi resolution, and goes down to 150 ppi for color.
—New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2025
However, the more vibrant color for color lasers is the most consistent difference between the two.
—PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
In this ambitious account, Wang, a technology analyst with a journalist’s eye for color, uses studies of Chinese innovation to show how the two countries’ diverging paths and pathologies can be traced to their political cultures.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The glare-free screen does black-and-white content at 300 ppi resolution, and goes down to 150 ppi for color.
—New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2025
However, the more vibrant color for color lasers is the most consistent difference between the two.
—PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
In this ambitious account, Wang, a technology analyst with a journalist’s eye for color, uses studies of Chinese innovation to show how the two countries’ diverging paths and pathologies can be traced to their political cultures.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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“For color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20color. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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