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colour Sensation experienced when light of sufficient brightness and of a particular wavelength strikes the retina of the eye. The colour of an object is normally the colour it reflects. For example, a blue car absorbs all colours except blue which is reflected. Normal daylight (white light) is made up of a spectrum of colours, each a different wavelength. These colours can be placed in seven bands – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet – of decreasing wavelength. A pure spectral colour is called a hue. If the colour is not pure but contains some white, it is ‘desaturated’ (tint). Saturation is the degree to which a colour departs from white and approaches a pure hue. A colour may also have luminosity (brightness) which determines its shade. Any colour is perceived as a mixture of three primary colours: red, green, and blue in light; or red, yellow, and blue in paint. A colour created by combining two primary colours is called a secondary colour.
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"colour." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "colour." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-colour.html "colour." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-colour.html |
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colour (tone-colour). It is impossible for mus. to convey colours, but it is customary to speak of ‘colouring’ or ‘tone-colour’ where variations of timbre or tone are prod. by different intensities of the overtones of sounds. ‘Shade’ is perhaps a more accurate term, since the differences are often those of ‘darker’ or ‘lighter’ sound. But in his tone-poem Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op.60, Scriabin introduced a colour kbd. to project colours on to a screen, intended to convey the mood of the mus. The colour-organ was used for this purpose.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "colour." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "colour." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-colour.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "colour." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-colour.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "colour." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "colour." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-colour.html T. F. HOAD. "colour." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-colour.html |
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colour A shortened form of the term colour index.
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"colour." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "colour." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-colour.html "colour." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-colour.html |
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colour See PIXEL COLOUR.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "colour." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "colour." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-colour.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "colour." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-colour.html |
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colour
•colour (US color), cruller, culler, medulla, mullah, Muller, nullah, sculler, Sulla
•doubler, troubler
•bumbler, grumbler, stumbler, tumbler
•bundler • muffler • juggler • bungler
•suckler • coupler
•hustler, rustler
•butler, cutler
•puzzler • swashbuckler • technicolor
•multicolour (US multicolor)
•watercolour (US watercolor)
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"colour." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "colour." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-colour.html "colour." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-colour.html |
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