| 单词 | scheme of colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscheme of colour b. Painting. scheme of colour: the system of selection and arrangement of colours characteristic of a particular painter or school, or adopted in a particular picture; now chiefly = colour scheme n. at colour n.1 Compounds 4 (in both senses). Frequently elliptical. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colour relationships > [noun] > colour scheme colour scheme1855 scheme1884 colourway1941 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > general effect or scheme colour1661 colouring1706 natural colour1720 coloration1778 palette1782 tonality1866 scheme1884 colour tone1896 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 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 745/1 We wish that this artist would abandon the chocolate-like scheme of colour in which he has indulged for the last few years. 1897 Private Life of Queen ii. 15 The general scheme of colour is crimson and cream and gold. This scheme of paint prevails throughout the suite. 1905 P. White Patient Man vii. 67 Mrs. Dacre was proud of the ‘scheme’ of the dining-room, although she admitted it was a little trying to the complexion by daylight. 1925 R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 265 Certain of the little birds are decidedly conspicuous, and in some cases we see the obvious reason why they do not require a protective scheme. 1925 R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 267 Its [sc. a locust's] scheme of colour was grey and black with delicate transverse bands across its thighs. 1969 J. Cheever Bullet Park ii. 31 Nubbly stretchy reps look completely out of place in my decorating scheme. < as lemmas |
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