color index

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noun Astronomy.

the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.

the difference between the magnitudes of a star in any two spectral regions.

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Origin of color index

First recorded in 1920–25

Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.
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Similarly, a recent NPR report covered the challenges many police departments are having recruiting officers of color.
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The losers have always been children in poverty, children of color, and children with disabilities.
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In Brazil people color code their underwear according to their needs.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style|Candida Moss|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She says that every film she makes, she has to hit someone—The Color Purple, The Butler, and Selma.
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The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
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Her attachment to impressionism leads this artist to many experiments in color—or, as one critic wrote, "to play with color."
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
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They are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown color.
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