COLORATION


Meaning of COLORATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkə-lə-ˈrā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1617

1.

a. : the state of being colored

the dark coloration of his skin

b. : use or choice of colors (as by an artist)

c. : arrangement of colors

the coloration of a butterfly's wing

2.

a. : characteristic quality

the newspapers…took on the former coloration of the magazine — L. B. Seltzer

b. : aspect suggesting an attitude : persuasion

the chameleon talent for taking on the intellectual coloration of whatever idea he happened to fasten onto — Budd Schulberg

3. : subtle variation of intensity or quality of tone

a wide range of coloration from the orchestra

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.