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Coloration

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or art of coloring. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    choice and use of colors (as by an artist) wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of being colored. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    appearance with regard to color wordnet
  5. 5
    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
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  1. 6
    the timbre of a musical sound wordnet
  2. 7
    Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Political tendency. countable, uncountable

    "Numerous studies of family imprint upon offspring party attachment have shown that, when the father and mother agree politically, the children are likely to adopt the political coloration of their parents."

  4. 9
    This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō.

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