false color

noun

1. photography using infrared-sensitive film that produces images in which heat-emitting areas or objects appear red.

Other Words From

• false-color adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of false color¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

But this contentment was too constant, too uniform, like false color on a woman's cheek.

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"Unless mauve be a false color," I interposed wittily, and then we both laughed and good temper was restored.

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This mine also produces a large number of “false color” stones which change color in different lights.

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