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Noun 1. colouration - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"

coloration, color, colour

timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

2. colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"

coloration

color, coloring, colouring, colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"

hair coloring - coloring of the hair; "her hair-coloring was unusual: a very pale gold"

pigmentation - coloration of living tissues by pigment

depigmentation - absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair

protective coloration - coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators

3. colouration - choice and use of colors (as by an artist)

coloration

selection, choice, option, pick - the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

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They found that shore crabs from mudflats closely matched the appearance of the mud they live on, while rockpool crabs did not match the background but instead relied on disruptive colouration, a process that uses high-contrast patterns to break up the appearance of the body outline.

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According to Glenn, 'the technical phenomenon we are dealing with here is iridescence, which occurs naturally in animals and is sometimes called interference colouration. It is generated by the interaction of light with biological tissues that are nanostructured to produce thin films or diffraction gratings.

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More recently, I and others have been interested in facial colouration and its links with health.

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