The flamingo gains its pink coloration from the shrimp it consumes.
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Coloration
Synonyms for "coloration" (82 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
achromatismallegoryallusionarcane meaningassumptioncastchromatismchromismcolorcolor balancecolor harmonycolor printing
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (24)
color schemecoloringcomplexionconnotationdecorator colordyeingemblazonryhinthueilluminationimplicationimplied meaningimportinferenceinnuendointimationironic suggestionkeylithography
Noun(5 words)
Related words (41)
meaningmetaphorical sensenatural colornuanceoccult meaningovertonepallorpigmentationpresumptionpresuppositionshadeskin colorstainingsubsensesubsidiary sensesuggestionsuppositionsymbolismtincttinction
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
7 entriesaposematic colorationcolor printingcoloringcryptic colorationmimic colorationpigmentationtextile dyeing
Collocations
5 entriesaposematic colorationcoloration patterncryptic colorationseasonal colorationwarning coloration
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
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The party was not organized as an Irish political vehicle, but from the first it had a decidedly Gaelic coloration.
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