false color

American  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• false-color
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of false color

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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false color

Researchers then use false color to translate these otherwise-invisible wavelengths into a visible image.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2023

Figure 22.5 Deinococcus radiodurans, visualized in this false color transmission electron micrograph, is a prokaryote that can tolerate very high doses of ionizing radiation.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Scanning electron microscope image of modern pollen with false color added to distinguish plant species.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

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

From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various

Yes, if you put a false color on events.

From Erema — My Father's Sin by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)