| 单词 | colour scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolour scheme colour scheme n. (a) an arrangement or combination of colours chosen for a particular purpose, as in furnishing or decorating a house, or in conveying information visually or graphically; (b) (in extended use) an arrangement or combination of colours appearing in the coloration of an animal or other feature of the natural world. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colour relationships > [noun] > colour scheme colour scheme1855 scheme1884 colourway1941 the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > cryptic or protective coloration protective coloration1892 homochromy1899 camouflage1917 procrypsis1920 colour scheme1925 scheme of colour1925 crypsis1956 crypticity1956 1855 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 512 Lambert described in 1772..a colour-scheme not very dissimilar in intention from the complete hemisphere of hues and tones which Chevreul has described. 1896 Philos. Trans. 1895 (Royal Soc.) B. 186 662 The Pieridæ form a large and important group of butterflies... The typical colour-scheme of the group is built up of white, yellow, and black. 1914 G. Jekyll (title) Colour schemes for the flower garden. 1925 R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 265 They are well able to defend themselves and thus have no need of a special colour scheme. 1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk ii. 69 I came to have a look at the flat To see if the colour scheme really suited you. 1984 Mountain Res. & Devel. 4 254/2 The ‘traffic light’ colour scheme is used in general for differentiation of slope hazards. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 112/2 Port Howard is postcard pretty, with nearly every building in the settlement painted in the same colour scheme of white with green roof, doors and windows. < as lemmas |
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