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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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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