colour scheme

plural colour schemes · alternative color scheme

1. UKa colourway

   The colour scheme of the North British Railway—dark gamboge for the engines and lake for the coaches—looked very smart when new and clean, but these shades did not possess good wearing qualities.

   1954 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Three Scottish Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 534

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   The interior colour scheme departs from the conventional L.T. red and green upholstery and matching paintwork, which has been replaced by a maroon and grey moquette with dove grey paint below the waist rail.

   1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94

   Many hospitals have not taken simple steps to lessen the distress and confusion which dementia sufferers' often feel on being somewhere so unfamiliar – such as making signs large and easy to read, using colour schemes to help patients find their way around unfamiliar wards and not putting family mementoes such as photographs nearby.

   2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian