colour matchingcolor matchingn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌlə matʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkələr ˌmætʃɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s– color matching, 1800s– colour matching.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: colour n.¹, matching n.¹

Etymology: < colour n.¹ + matching n.¹ Compare later colour-match v. and earlier colour-matching adj.

1. The action or fact of finding or selecting a match with regard to colour; the provision of a complement in a matching colour.

ΚΠ

1886 Trans. Amer. Ophthalmol. Soc. 22nd Ann. Meeting 256 All of the employed colors have been made of relative equal intensities in order that really nothing but the question of color-matching is presented to the candidate.

1901 D. Paterson (title) Colour-matching on textiles. A manual intended for the use of dyers, calico printers, and textile colour chemists.

1941 Times 7 Feb. 2/5 Colour matching and contrasting and harmonizing are simplified by the skilled arrangement of the colour charts devised by the art director of the British Colour Council.

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Mar. e32 You may have to tint the epoxy (with universal tinting colors) or paint over it if color-matching is a problem.

1993 Archit. Rev. Jan. 6 (advt.) On-site profiling cuts out the problems of delayed deliveries, shortages, damage in transit, panel handling damage and colour matching of panels.

2. The fact or process of ensuring that colour remains constant when converted between two media using different colour models, such as a computer monitor and a printer.

ΚΠ

1987 Color CopyBits is too Slow! in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Dec. It seems that Color Quickdraw is very flexible, but too slow for good animation. Most of the overhead comes from color matching and conversion.

1990 InfoWorld (Nexis) 16 July 38 A method of color selection, editing, and screen-to-printer color matching based upon a hue-value-chroma color model.

2000 Printing World 7 Feb. 17/3 The control PC also has..a lookup table editor for accurate colour matching according to the substrate being printed on.

2008 J. Wolffsohn Ophthalmic Imaging ii. 26 Despite the fact that perfect colour matching between your monitor and printer is not possible, the colour approximation between the two can be improved by altering the gamma correction of the monitor.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colour matching
释义	colour matchingcolor matchingn. Brit. /ˈkʌlə matʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkələr ˌmætʃɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s– color matching, 1800s– colour matching. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: colour n.¹, matching n.¹ Etymology: < colour n.¹ + matching n.¹ Compare later colour-match v. and earlier colour-matching adj. 1. The action or fact of finding or selecting a match with regard to colour; the provision of a complement in a matching colour. ΚΠ 1886 Trans. Amer. Ophthalmol. Soc. 22nd Ann. Meeting 256 All of the employed colors have been made of relative equal intensities in order that really nothing but the question of color-matching is presented to the candidate. 1901 D. Paterson (title) Colour-matching on textiles. A manual intended for the use of dyers, calico printers, and textile colour chemists. 1941 Times 7 Feb. 2/5 Colour matching and contrasting and harmonizing are simplified by the skilled arrangement of the colour charts devised by the art director of the British Colour Council. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Mar. e32 You may have to tint the epoxy (with universal tinting colors) or paint over it if color-matching is a problem. 1993 Archit. Rev. Jan. 6 (advt.) On-site profiling cuts out the problems of delayed deliveries, shortages, damage in transit, panel handling damage and colour matching of panels. 2. The fact or process of ensuring that colour remains constant when converted between two media using different colour models, such as a computer monitor and a printer. ΚΠ 1987 Color CopyBits is too Slow! in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Dec. It seems that Color Quickdraw is very flexible, but too slow for good animation. Most of the overhead comes from color matching and conversion. 1990 InfoWorld (Nexis) 16 July 38 A method of color selection, editing, and screen-to-printer color matching based upon a hue-value-chroma color model. 2000 Printing World 7 Feb. 17/3 The control PC also has..a lookup table editor for accurate colour matching according to the substrate being printed on. 2008 J. Wolffsohn Ophthalmic Imaging ii. 26 Despite the fact that perfect colour matching between your monitor and printer is not possible, the colour approximation between the two can be improved by altering the gamma correction of the monitor. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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