tone colour

noun

the quality of a musical sound that is conditioned or distinguished by the upper partials or overtones present in itOften shortened to: tone See also timbre (def. 2)

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby tone colour

tondo, tone, tone arm, tone cluster, tone color, tone colour, tone control, tone dialing, tone down, tone language, tone painting

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Example sentences from the Web for tone colour

The movement is long, thoughtful, and no less apt in invention than rich and glowing in tone-colour.
Musical Criticisms|Arthur Johnstone
The suggestion, at the beginning, of the rising sun, is a mighty example of the overwhelming power of tone-colour.
Edward MacDowell|Lawrence Gilman
In gesture and in musical speech, in tone-colour, she was faithful to the first wonderful impression of the eye.
Interpreters|Carl Van Vechten
This tone-colour she achieves stroke by stroke, devoting many days to the study of important phrases.
Interpreters|Carl Van Vechten