Precolor
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 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.
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