for color
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: in order to make something more colorful
She used red peppers in the salad for color.
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While some lean exclusively on a classic red lip for color, the LV Ombres palettes offer a new modality for beauty.
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Essence, 20 Aug. 2025
Instead of relying on flowers for color, plant containers of coleus in varying shades of chartruese, red, pink, yellow, and purple.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
Three Hall-of-Famers are on this network: Derek Jeter and David Ortiz during the pregame and John Smoltz for color commentary.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
But this time the e-note is built around Kaleido 3 color E Ink technology with 3,200 x 2,400 grayscale resolution (300 pixels-per-inch) and 1,600 x 1,200 for color (150 PPI).
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
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Essence, 20 Aug. 2025
Instead of relying on flowers for color, plant containers of coleus in varying shades of chartruese, red, pink, yellow, and purple.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
Three Hall-of-Famers are on this network: Derek Jeter and David Ortiz during the pregame and John Smoltz for color commentary.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
But this time the e-note is built around Kaleido 3 color E Ink technology with 3,200 x 2,400 grayscale resolution (300 pixels-per-inch) and 1,600 x 1,200 for color (150 PPI).
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
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“For color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20color. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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