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RELATED WORDS : apatetic coloration aposematic coloration cryptic coloration protective coloration warning coloration

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun coloration has 3 senses

• coloration(n = noun.attribute) color, colour, colouration - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
is a kind of quality, timber, timbre, tone

• coloration(n = noun.attribute) colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
is a kind of color, coloring, colour, colouring
has particulars: hair coloring, pigmentation, depigmentation, protective coloration

• coloration(n = noun.act) colouration - choice and use of colors (as by an artist); Array
is a kind of choice, option, pick, selection
Derived forms verb color₁, verb color₄

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coloration

achromatism, allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, assumption, cast, chromatism, chromism, color, color balance, color harmony, color printing, color scheme, coloring, complexion, connotation, decorator color, dyeing, emblazonry, hint, hue, illumination, implication, implied meaning, import, inference, innuendo, intimation, ironic suggestion, key, lithography, meaning, metaphorical sense, natural color, nuance, occult meaning, overtone, pallor, pigmentation, presumption, presupposition, shade, skin color, staining, subsense, subsidiary sense, suggestion, supposition, symbolism, tinct, tinction, tincture, tinge, tinging, tint, tinting, tone, touch, undercolor, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone

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coloration

Color

N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.

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