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Added 9 October 2026

coloration

noun

Latin root: colōrātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about coloration at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act or art of coloring.
The quality of being colored.
A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).

Origin

From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō.

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