coloration
[`kʌlə'reʃən]
n. 着, 特, 彩, 颜

1. This piece of cloth has bad coloration.
   块布染。
2. Congenital absence of normal pigmentation or coloration in a person, an animal, or a plant.
   白病体、动植先性缺乏正常素沉淀染
3. A member of a racial group of people having light skin coloration, especially one of European origin.
   白种族群体，拥浅肤，尤其指欧洲血缘

coloration
[ noun ]

1. the timbre of a musical sound

<noun.attribute>
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

2. appearance with regard to color

<noun.attribute>
her healthy coloration

3. choice and use of colors (as by an artist)

<noun.act>

Coloration \Col`or*a"tion\, n.
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
--Bacon.

The females . . . resemble each other in their general
type of coloration. --Darwin.