coloration
The act or art of coloringThe act or art of coloring.
» The flamingo gains its pink coloration from the shrimp it consumes.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or art of coloring.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of being colored.
(countable, uncountable)A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).
(countable, uncountable)Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes.
(countable, uncountable)Political tendency.
(countable, uncountable)This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory.
- choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
- appearance with regard to color
- the timbre of a musical sound
Examples
1 sentencesThe flamingo gains its pink coloration from the shrimp it consumes.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō.From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō.
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Forms
plural: colorationsSynonyms
3 synonyms- choice and use of colors (as by an artist):colouration
- appearance with regard to color:colouration
- the timbre of a musical sound:colorcolourcolouration
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable