for color
idiom
: in order to make something more colorful
She used red peppers in the salad for color.
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The speaker has an ambient light on its back pane, which can be adjusted for color and intensity using the JBL Portable app.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
While assisting her father, Ruysch learned to draw, in time developing a style that combined a taste for color—at once delicate and voluptuous—with a naturalist’s tactile curiosity.
—Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
While some lean exclusively on a classic red lip for color, the LV Ombres palettes offer a new modality for beauty.
—Essence, 20 Aug. 2025
Windward heightens one’s senses and underscores Lockhart’s remarkable eye for color, composition, light, and shadow.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
While assisting her father, Ruysch learned to draw, in time developing a style that combined a taste for color—at once delicate and voluptuous—with a naturalist’s tactile curiosity.
—Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
While some lean exclusively on a classic red lip for color, the LV Ombres palettes offer a new modality for beauty.
—Essence, 20 Aug. 2025
Windward heightens one’s senses and underscores Lockhart’s remarkable eye for color, composition, light, and shadow.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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“For color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20color. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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