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farvetone — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • color noun The visual quality of light that lets us tell red from blue, green from yellow, and so on.
  • hue noun A color, or a particular shade or tint of a color.
  • tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.

Senses

farvetone is used for these senses in English:

  • color These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
  • hue The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
  • tone (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.

color — full definition

  1. noun The visual quality of light that lets us tell red from blue, green from yellow, and so on.
  2. noun A person's skin tone, especially as it relates to race or ethnicity.
  3. noun Interesting or lively detail that makes something more vivid or engaging.
  4. verb To add color to something, often with crayons, paint, or dye.

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