coloration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the timbre of a musical sound
    color; colouration; colour.
    • the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
  2. noun appearance with regard to color
    colouration.
    • her healthy coloration
  3. noun choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
    colouration.

WordNet


Col`or*a"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon.
    The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

Webster 1913