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COLORATION

Key word: color

color (in US) and colour (in UK) is a sensation produced on the eye by rays of light when resolved as by a prism, selective reflection, etc.;
colourant is a colouring substance;
colorful (US) is having much or varied color;
coloury is having a distinctive colour;
coloration is a scheme or method of applying color;
colorimeter is an instrument for measuring the intensity of color;
colorado beetle is a yellow and black striped beetle, highly destructive to the potato plant;
colosseum is the Flavien Amphitheater in Rome;
colorado is an Indian people who live in the coastal lowlands of northwestern Equador;
colorpoint cat is a variety of Siamese;
Coloureds is a group of racially mixed South Africans.

 

 

See also what Roget's Thesaurus says about coloration:

1. col·or·a·tion - Pronunciation Key (kl-rshn)
noun:

- Arrangement of colors.
- The sum of the beliefs or principles of a person, group, or institution;

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

 

2. coloration - Pronounciation: \Col`or*a"tion\
noun:

- 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc

 

3. coloration
noun :

- appearance with regard to color: "her healthy coloration"

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

 

Some other meanings of color, colour, coloration as understood
 by the Author:

1. protective coloration
noun:

- animals resort to camouflage coloration as a defence mechanism for survival (aposomatic coloration, protective coloration); this is generally a warning sign to predators to "keep off/away", ie. it acts as a "danger" signal;

 

2. role of coloration in plant life-cycle
noun:

-coloration of fruit occurs as they ripen eg. green bananas will turn a yellow colour as they ripen, even off the stalks;

 

3. colour, color
adjective:

- skin colour or color was often used to describe a race, eg. "white settlers", "brown natives", etc.,
although this practice is becoming less popular in modern times.

 

4. colorama
noun:

- a 'litany' of colours/colors;  a 'recital', 'feast'or 'mural' of colors/colours;

For example, see below ...

Rainbow Tropicana

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