1. coloration(n = noun.attribute) color, colour, colouration - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
is a kind of quality, timber, timbre, tone
2. coloration(n = noun.attribute) colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
is a kind of color, coloring, colour, colouring
has particulars: hair coloring, pigmentation, depigmentation, protective coloration
3. coloration(n = noun.act) colouration - choice and use of colors (as by an artist); Array
is a kind of choice, option, pick, selection
Derived forms verb color1, verb color4
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
"The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration." [1913 Webster]
coloration, n. (also colouration)
1 colouring; a scheme or method of applying colour.
2 the natural (esp. variegated) colour of living things or animals.
Etymology:
F coloration or LL coloratio f. colorare COLOUR
N color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.
apatetic coloration, aposematic coloration, cryptic coloration, protective coloration, warning coloration