tone colour

noun

the quality of a musical sound that is conditioned or distinguished by the upper partials or overtones present in it Often shortened totone See also timbre

The clarina has been found more practical and more effective in producing the desired tone-colour.

The seed from which our modern wealth of harmony and tone colour sprang was the perfect major triad.

The suggestion, at the beginning, of the rising sun, is a mighty example of the overwhelming power of tone-colour.

Certain brief scenes in Verdi's opera are Egyptian in tone colour.

The movement is long, thoughtful, and no less apt in invention than rich and glowing in tone-colour.

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