COLORATION

coloration, colouration

(noun) choice and use of colors (as by an artist)

coloration, colouration

(noun) appearance with regard to color; “her healthy coloration”

color, colour, coloration, colouration

(noun) the timbre of a musical sound; “the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coloration (countable and uncountable, plural colorations)

The act or art of coloring.

The quality of being colored.

(music) A notational devise for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation); or

(music) Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid "black notes".

Source: Wiktionary


Col`or*a"tion, n.

Definition: The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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