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COLORATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Choice and use of colors (as by an artist)play

Synonyms:

coloration; colouration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("coloration" is a kind of...):

choice; option; pick; selection (the act of choosing or selecting)

Derivation:

color (add color to)

color (decorate with colors)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Appearance with regard to colorplay

Example:

her healthy coloration

Synonyms:

coloration; colouration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("coloration" is a kind of...):

color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coloration"):

hair coloring (coloring of the hair)

pigmentation (coloration of living tissues by pigment)

depigmentation (absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair)

protective coloration (coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The timbre of a musical soundplay

Example:

the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

Synonyms:

color; coloration; colour; colouration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("coloration" is a kind of...):

quality; timber; timbre; tone ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound))

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