Colouration

Word COLOURATION
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Definitions and meanings of "Colouration"

What do we mean by colouration?

The act or art of coloring.

The quality of being colored.

A notational devise for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation); or

Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid "black notes".

A mixed race person or people, especially if the mix includes African and European, or an adjective describing these people. Can be either a recent mixture with parents or grandparents of different races, or members of old mixed race groups like the Cape Coloureds of South Africa or the Rehobothers of Namibia. It is not derogatory or perjorative per se, but may be used that way by those who disapprove of racial mixing. Used throughout Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa, from Colonial British English. Urban Dictionary

A concept invented by John Logie Baird in 1928 when he got bored with black and white. Black and white is considered to be more "classic" and timeless by most people, with colour generally only accepted in today's world as a means to making commentary on televised snooker tournaments simpler. Urban Dictionary

The prejudice or discrimination against individuals of a darker skin tone, like racism except it is usually among people of the same racial/ethnic group. Urban Dictionary

Colour: One's perception of hue, lightness/brightness and saturation. Note: This is the British and Canadian way of spelling colour, therefore, the correct way. I realize that American's think that they invented the English language (along with everything else)but they did not. The Brits or ENGLISH invented the language (where do you think the name came from?). Why do American's spell it color? Years ago when the first American dictionary was written, the person writing it was a horrible speller. Urban Dictionary

The british spelling of color... americans say color Urban Dictionary

1: The british variation of the word which the Americans spell as "color". 2: A cause of lengthly and meaningless discussions over which way to spell the word is superior. Urban Dictionary

It's how everyone on the planet spells the word "color" except us Yanks, thanks to the spelling reforms of Noah Webster. Urban Dictionary

The _original_ and proper way of spelling colour. The Americans only spell it because they're incapable of understanding silent letters or how 'ph' sounds like 'f' Urban Dictionary

The correct spelling, unlike the way dumb yanks that cant spell the word for toffee Urban Dictionary

The observed property of light which is closely related to its wavelength. Urban Dictionary

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The word "colouration" in example sentences

This is the original jabiru, whilst the other species are imitations, having the same head and neck colouration, which is the reason they were given the same name. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The dolphin appears to be healthy and normal other than its colouration, which is quite beautiful. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Firstly, I suspect that some of those sheep have been photoshoped so there are more sheep of non white colouration than there actually are. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Secondly, parse as they might, they can't turn a scientific "trick" into guile, nor make a negative colouration stick to the phrase "hide the decline" when the CRU folks themselves have published papers on it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After all, disfiguration, of the physical and mental variety, are often byproducts of conflict and the greater the colouration the greater the sense of victory. ❋ Elliot Worsell (2011)

He wrote some great short stories in SF and fantasy and horror and there's scarcely a stinker among them, even when the SF elements feel tacked on or redundant or protective colouration for the fantastic. ❋ Blue Tyson (2010)

Her coppery red hair went well with the velvety brown colouration of her soft skin while her full red lips were an alluring contrast to her bright clear eyes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As he was to do throughout the show, the pianist oscillated between the grand piano and Fender Rhodes, mostly playing the latter sparingly for soul, funk and blues-infusing colouration. ❋ John Fordham (2010)

You might think so look at the implied colouration but a writer can easily come unstuck trying to blend the two. ❋ Adam Roberts (2010)

Auris stared at him while the velvety-brown colouration of her skin seemed to pale. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course the structure and the colouration is yet different, and the light reflects in a different way than on real bone. ❋ James Gurney (2010)

I just love its little burgundy shaped leaves and its autumn colouration. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am very partial to your epimediums – I only grow pagoda and compared to yours mine is so boring – the colouration in your petals is wonderful. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The brown colouration of pollution would linger, though - that's NO2, and I don't think its removal would be hastened by a heightened O2 content. ❋ Mikandra (2010)

I think if I had made slight changes to each of their colouration these horn and size differences would have been emphasised rather than hidden. ❋ Prehistoric Insanity (2009)

Yet the wild boar has a good deal of red in its colouration and the red gene can be found to dominate in a number of out crosses so it is not so unusual. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Jindal doesn't have olive skin, and I don't think anyone who uses the term "olive skin" would have described his colouration thus. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

The Coloureds of [Zambia] are usually the children or grandchildren of British and [Zambian] couples, while the Cape Coloureds of South Africa are the descendants of mixing involving Dutch, Khoisan, Indonesian and [Bantu] going back over two centuries. ❋ MikeMelungeon (2011)

John [Logie] Baird (turning in grave): If I could turn back time, I think [on balance] I wouldn't have invented colour. [Graverobber]: Why is that John? Baird: I just don't think it has stood the test of time. ❋ Steve "Interesting" Davis (2008)

colourism within [the black] community has been a serious, [emotional] and ongoing [battle] ❋ Socialactivist23 (2018)

There are so many different pronounciations or accents in the United States, cul-er, call-or, cull-lur, cul-our, cal-or, etc. I'm surprised they can spell anything correctly, because they seem to have difficulty with phonetics. I love my new [colouring] book and [crayons]! Do you want to colour with me? His [depiction] of the situation is coloured due to his personal involvement. ❋ This Canadian Girl Kicks Ass! (2006)

what [colour] is your [car]? ❋ Someone (2003)

A: [Bloody hell], it is [spelt] [coloUr]! B: Hell no, it is spelt color! Without a u! C: Whatever guys... ❋ Lazareth Link (2005)

1. I was watching TV in my hotel room late at night in Niagara Falls, Canada. I could get American and Canadian TV signals there because I was at the border. There was an ad for Clairol with some lovely chicks showcasing their hair. Next to a lovely babe with long red hair was the logo: it said "Clairol Colour Treatment". I was watching an ad on Canadian TV. 2. At [Oakes] Parks in the Niagara area I was having a nice discussion with a Canuck lady. She said that I must be an American because I said "out" as opposed to "[ewt]". I said that yes I'm a Yank and that I spell "colour" with 5 letters, not 6. 3. Cyndi Lauper had a hit in 1986 with "True Colors". In 1998 Phil Collins released his version of it, respelling it as "True Colours" beings that he is British. 3. "[Any Colour You Like]" is a synthesizer-heavy instrumental by Pink Floyd. 4. The TA for one of my college classes is a Canadian. He says that American spelling for words like "catalogue" becoming "catalog" and dropping the "u" in "colour" to make "color" is a sign of laziness. Hey, it eliminates [excess baggage]. It's called "simplifying". That's the American way, fella! 5. Eeeeeeeeeyeww! What's your favorite color baby? ... [LIVING COLOUR]. ❋ I Saw U2 Live Twice (2009)

It's [coloUr] you [retard] - Get [an education] dumbass ❋ -benbread- (2005)

[yank]: "hi my name is like [cindy lou] an i like the COLOR pink" brit: "[hello my name is] thomas and i like the COLOUR black" ❋ Uber Skank (2005)

A [HeNe] laser has a distinctive red colour of [wavelength] usually around 633nm. Calling someone coloured is often considered racist. [Issac Newton] decided there should be seven colours in the spectrum, even though only six are particularly well defined. Indigo only exists because of Newton's religious beliefs. Colour is the correct spelling. :P ❋ )SoFoS( (2008)

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