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

The fourth section of the paper was devoted to the consideration of the various tests of colorific power, which have been recommended by different authors.

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

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 Cenci is “a vulgar vocabulary of rottenness and reptilism” in an “odiferous, colorific and daisy-enamoured style.”

From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Miller, Barnette

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