coloration

1. 1.

   the timbre of a musical sound

   “the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”

   Synonymscolorcolourcolouration

   Broadertimbre
2. 2.

   appearance with regard to color

   “her healthy coloration”

   Synonymscolouration

   Broadercolor

   Narrowerhair coloringpigmentationdepigmentationprotective coloration
3. 3.

   choice and use of colors (as by an artist)

   Synonymscolouration

   Broaderchoice

Other forms of coloration

plural

colorations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coloration

What does coloration mean?

coloration means "the timbre of a musical sound". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coloration?

coloration has 4 syllables: col-o-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌkʌlɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for coloration?

Close synonyms include color, colour, colouration, colouration, colouration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coloration a common word?

coloration is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coloration?

133 words rhyme with coloration. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.