coloration

Example Sentences

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Striped skunks, native to much of North America, sport some of the most recognizable colorations on the planet, with jet-black fur and white racing stripes that run from head to tail.

From National Geographic • Oct. 6, 2023

The creature comes in two corresponding colorations: green and striped.

From Nature • Jan. 30, 2018

The harmonies are thickened and the colorations are muted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2018

What extends its implications are the details she braids and rivets into the lyrics with her voice, colorations that can make adjacent syllables seem to hail from alien climates, to vibrate across different dimensions.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2014

Monticelli was the one, says Vincent, who perceived, quoting Aurier writing about Vincent, “the colorations of things with such intensity, with such a metallic, gem-like quality.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman