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

“Ernst has a very pure tone color, while Daniel has a much more full tone, while Andreas plays in a very modern way. And yet when they come together, they have a wonderful Viennese sound.”

From New York Times • May 24, 2016

The young composers followed suit mainly by putting much emphasis on tone color.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2015

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