gradate
verb (used without object)
to pass by gradual or imperceptible degrees, as one color into another.
ungradated
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a word derived from
gradate.
Example Sentences
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The difference in mere beauty between a gradated and ungradated colour may be seen by laying an even tint of rose-colour on paper, and putting a rose leaf beside it.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
The white square houses and the cupolas of the mosques stand out sharp against a sky of intense, ungradated blue.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
What the difference is in mere beauty between a gradated and ungradated color, may be seen easily by laying an even tint of rose-color on paper, and putting a rose leaf beside it.
From The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners by John Ruskin
Colour ungradated is wholly valueless; colour unmysterious is wholly barbarous.
From The Two Paths by John Ruskin
