ˌkələˈrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from colorer to color + -ation
1.
a. : the state of being colored : coloring 1c
a rock with a strange and interesting coloration
the coloration of the skin from a bruise
b. : use or choice of colors (as by an artist)
Millet's subdued coloration
specifically : arrangement or combination of colors
the brilliant coloration of a butterfly's wing
2.
a. : characteristic quality : timbre
the newspapers … took on the former coloration of the magazines — L.B.Seltzer
b. : aspect suggesting an attitude : persuasion , attitude , inclination
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 haunting coloration in the string passages of the concerto
a certain odd coloration in his voice