for color

idiom

: in order to make something more colorful
She used red peppers in the salad for color.

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According to Derek Guy 82nd Golden Globes 2025: Biggest Moments from 'Emilia Pérez' to 'Wicked' Shogun, Emilia Perez Rack Up Most Wins at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards So many men went for color this year! Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for for color 

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“For color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20color. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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