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coloration

American  
[kuhl-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌkʌl əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring.

    the bold coloration of some birds.


coloration British  
/ ˌkʌləˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. arrangement of colour and tones; colouring

  2. the colouring or markings of insects, birds, etc See also apatetic aposematic cryptic

  3. unwanted extraneous variations in the frequency response of a loudspeaker or listening environment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of coloration

First recorded in 1605–15; color + -ation


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Those conversations might have different coloration now, the the task of rebuilding looming before us.

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