three-colourthree-coloradj.n.

(stress variable)

Etymology: three adj. and n.

1. Utilizing or involving three distinct colours or wavelengths of light, usually as a means of reproducing any desired colour by a combination of three primary colours in appropriate proportions. Cf. trichromatic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > [adjective] > primary colours

three-colour1893

tricolour1898

1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 19 May 669/1 This three-colour print, a reproduction of a chromo-lithograph.

1898 Daily News 15 Oct. 6/3 A very cheap way of producing..necessary block for three-colour printing.

1902 Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 6/6 Methods of colour-photography,..the ‘three-colour process’ invented by Professor Lippman.

1906 E. J. Wall tr. E. König Natural-color Photogr. ii. 71 The additive methods of three-colour photography by optical synthesis.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 526 Three colour operator.

1932 R. C. Bayley Compl. Photographer xxiv. 291 The amateur who makes his own three-colour prints.

1972 Sci. Amer. May 30/1 Young's celebrated three-color theory of color vision, published in 1802, was formulated entirely on psychophysical evidence.

1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. iii. 55 Thousands of stars have had their colors measured with this UBV set of filters; we call the process three-color photometry... A four-color system, uvby, has ultraviolet, violet, blue and yellow filters.

2. Designating san ts'ai ware. Also elliptical as n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [adjective] > enamelled

ruby-back1875

ruby-backed1881

clobbered1889

wu ts'ai1904

three-colour1933

doucai1953

1933 Burlington Mag. Nov. 211/1 The early Ming three-colour ware.

1959 H. Chevalier tr. Grousset Chinese Art & Culture vi. 292 The main categories of Ming ceramics are..: 1. San-ts‘ai or ‘three-colours’, namely green.., yellow.., and aubergine-violet.

1972 Trans. Oriental Ceramic Soc. 38 29 The combination of green, blue and yellow-brown glaze which constitutes the famous T‘ang polychromes (‘three-colour ware’, san-ts‘ai) appear to belong..to the first half of the 8th century.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	three-colour
释义	three-colourthree-coloradj.n. (stress variable) Etymology: three adj. and n. 1. Utilizing or involving three distinct colours or wavelengths of light, usually as a means of reproducing any desired colour by a combination of three primary colours in appropriate proportions. Cf. trichromatic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > [adjective] > primary colours three-colour1893 tricolour1898 1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 19 May 669/1 This three-colour print, a reproduction of a chromo-lithograph. 1898 Daily News 15 Oct. 6/3 A very cheap way of producing..necessary block for three-colour printing. 1902 Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 6/6 Methods of colour-photography,..the ‘three-colour process’ invented by Professor Lippman. 1906 E. J. Wall tr. E. König Natural-color Photogr. ii. 71 The additive methods of three-colour photography by optical synthesis. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 526 Three colour operator. 1932 R. C. Bayley Compl. Photographer xxiv. 291 The amateur who makes his own three-colour prints. 1972 Sci. Amer. May 30/1 Young's celebrated three-color theory of color vision, published in 1802, was formulated entirely on psychophysical evidence. 1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. iii. 55 Thousands of stars have had their colors measured with this UBV set of filters; we call the process three-color photometry... A four-color system, uvby, has ultraviolet, violet, blue and yellow filters. 2. Designating san ts'ai ware. Also elliptical as n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [adjective] > enamelled ruby-back1875 ruby-backed1881 clobbered1889 wu ts'ai1904 three-colour1933 doucai1953 1933 Burlington Mag. Nov. 211/1 The early Ming three-colour ware. 1959 H. Chevalier tr. Grousset Chinese Art & Culture vi. 292 The main categories of Ming ceramics are..: 1. San-ts‘ai or ‘three-colours’, namely green.., yellow.., and aubergine-violet. 1972 Trans. Oriental Ceramic Soc. 38 29 The combination of green, blue and yellow-brown glaze which constitutes the famous T‘ang polychromes (‘three-colour ware’, san-ts‘ai) appear to belong..to the first half of the 8th century. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas three-colour three-colour adj. extracted from threeadj.n. < adj.n.1893 as lemmas
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three-colourthree-coloradj.n.

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