high color

plural high colors · alternative high colour

1. countableuncountablecomputer graphicsgraphics with two bytes of storage per pixel, allowing for up to 65536 different colors
2. countableuncountablea strong color

   […] put in as much tincture of saffron as will give them a high colour, but no currants[…]

   1796, Hannah Glasse, The art of cookery, made plain and easy, London: T. Longman, page 318

3. countableuncountablea pinkness or redness of the face; having rosacea; having a flushed face

   […] That when she had a high Colour she was very ill, and when she was pale, she was at Death's Door,[…]

   1709 September 2, The Female Tatler, page 1

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   […] Their features are strongly marked, and their bodies are very fleshy, and cumbrous: they have a high colour in their cheeks, and the complexion is fair enough[…]

   1796 December, George Forster, “Article IV: Voyage Philosephique et Pittoresque, &c.–A Philosophical and Picturesque Journey along the Banks of the Rhine, to Liege, through Flanders, Holland, &c. in the Year 1790”, in Analytical Review; Or, History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, page 592