coloration, colouration

[Lat. color at us, pa. par. of coloro =to color.] *1. The act of coloring or marking with any color. 2. The state of being colored. "The females of these nine species resemble each other in their general type of coloration, "-Darwin: Descent of Man (1871), pt. ii., ch. xi., vol. i., p. 388. Heat coloration : [HEAT.] col-or-ā-türe, col-õr-a-tür, s . [Low Lat. coloratura , from Lat. coloro to color.] Music: Coloring; the use of variations, trills, ., intended to a ist the harmony, and corresponding to the use se of various shades and gradations of colors in producing a beautiful effect to the eye. col-õred, pa. par. or a. [COLOR, V. ] A. As pa. par.: (In senses corresponding to those of the verb.) B. As adjective : I. Ordinary Language : 1. Literally : (1) Tinted, marked with color. "The colored are coarser juiced, Natural History. ."-Bacon: IMG:content-0213.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Bot .: Applied to a leaf, calyx, ., to expre the presence of any color except green. 2. Ethnol .: Applied to the members of the darker skinned races of mankind, especially to the negro. the colored races are divided according to their share of negro blood into sambos, mulattos, quadroons, and mestizos." -M'Culloch : Geographical Dictionary; Jamaica.