coloration (kulorashon)

[F. coloration Sp. color a cion = It. color azione, = loratio ( n- ), The most serious objection to the increase of the aperture of object-gla es was the coloration of the image proW he well. duced. 2. Specifically, the special character or appearance of the colors and colored marks on a surface; an arrangement of colors. The slender whip-snakes are rendered almost invisible as they glide among the foliage by a similar coloration . A. R. Wallace , Nat. Select., p. 54.