for color
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: in order to make something more colorful
She used red peppers in the salad for color.
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Mark Homewood, head of buying and retail at Designers Guild, is a big fan of using objects as a vehicle for color and pattern, as illustrated at his 16th-century farmhouse in Somerset.
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Elizabeth Metcalfe, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
However, projectors typically have two distinct brightness numbers, one for white light and one for color.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 1 Dec. 2024
In the late 1950s, CBS was competing with RCA for a big contract from Motorola to produce tubes, including cathode-ray tubes, for color televisions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2024
Choose from creamy linen, taupe velvet, or a dark gray for color options that suit your space.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024
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Elizabeth Metcalfe, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
However, projectors typically have two distinct brightness numbers, one for white light and one for color.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 1 Dec. 2024
In the late 1950s, CBS was competing with RCA for a big contract from Motorola to produce tubes, including cathode-ray tubes, for color televisions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2024
Choose from creamy linen, taupe velvet, or a dark gray for color options that suit your space.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024
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“For color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20color. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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