tone color

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But in this new study that we’ve done, we looked at cases where people were using a skin tone color for their emoji that didn’t match their actual skin color.

From The Verge • Dec. 12, 2018

But it was Cheng, who played with her customary refined brilliance for tone color, rhythmic devotion and striking capacity to make every gesture matter, that turned disparate pieces into both garland and garden.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2018

In addition to his usual eloquent, communicative delivery, Mr. Scholl showed a typical care for diction in a nonnative language, delicate shadings of tone color and dynamics, lively humor and so much more.

From New York Times • May 22, 2016

It was arguably worth exhuming, not just for the curiosity value but for the touch of golden tone color it provided in the depths of the music.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2015

Each voice has a unique tone color that is described using adjectives or metaphors such as “nasally,” “resonant,” “vibrant,” “strident,” “high,” “low,” “breathy,” “piercing,” “ringing,” “rounded,” “warm,” “mellow,” “dark,” “bright,” “heavy,” “light,” “vibrato.”

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin