colorific

American  

[kuhl-uh-rif-ik] / ˌkʌl əˈrɪf ɪk /

adjective

1. producing or imparting color.

2. pertaining to color.

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colorific British  

/ ˌkʌləˈrɪfɪk /

adjective

1. producing, imparting, or relating to colour

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Etymology

Origin of colorific

First recorded in 1670–80; color + -i- + -fic

Example Sentences

Tests and processes for estimating qualitatively, and quantitatively the colorific powers of individual species—with their practical applications.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

They may, like heat, exert their appropriate influence, which seems to be mainly that of deoxidation, and yet not be colorific.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

And the hundred tints of this verdure do not form the only colorific charms of the landscape.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio

X. Geographical distribution of the dye-Lichens—with the effect of climate; situation, &c., on their colorific materials.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

The colorific property of a dot as compared with that of the ground on which it is placed, may afford that kind of ocular pleasure which is foreign to the present inquiry.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander