tone color

noun

Music.

1. tone quality; timbre.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tone color¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

These segments diverge in tone, color and movement from the muted palette and fixed compositions with which cinematographer Steve Cosens girds the biographical narrative.

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His tone color on the piano can shift from vinegary to supple in seconds.

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“From the jump, he was much, much more interested in directorial stuff — bigger-picture stuff, tone, color,” Berg says in an April call.

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The 16-inch screen features both True Tone color correction, which automatically tunes the temperature of your display based on your surroundings, and ProMotion, which offers an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz.

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The hallways had terrible light because the windows had been painted over with what in a less enlightened time might have been called a “flesh tone” color.

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Related Words

• timbre