Precolor

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To color beforehand.

    "This approach also makes use of the Precolored option to FourColoring, which in this case is used to precolor all vertices but one."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before the advent of color film, and thus presented in black and white. not-comparable

    "They also bring to mind stylish movie sets in precolor Hollywood; Fred and Ginger or a phalanx of Busby Berkeley dancers could easily drift among their mirrored, ethereal forms."

Example

More examples

"They also bring to mind stylish movie sets in precolor Hollywood; Fred and Ginger or a phalanx of Busby Berkeley dancers could easily drift among their mirrored, ethereal forms."

Etymology

From pre- + color.

Related phrases

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