Meanings
- uncountablenatural sciencesA hypothetical attractive force that binds prequarks together by the exchange of hypergluons, analogous to the exchange of gluons by the color force, which binds quarks together.
We explore a model based on the classically-scale invariant standard model (SM) with a strongly coupled vector-like dynamics, which is called hypercolor (HC).
2016, Hiroyuki Ishida, Shinya Matsuzaki, Yuya Yamaguchi, “Invisible Axion-Like Dark Matter from Electroweak Bosonic Seesaw”, in arXiv - attributiveuncountableA line of clothing, mainly T-shirts and shorts, that change color when exposed to heat.
[…] hypercolor T-shirts and coffee dates […]
2005, Out, volume 13, number 9, page 162 more examples
It's all over my blue hyper-color shirt...dammit; I've had this shirt for years. It changes color and everything...
2008, Wednesday Lee Friday, A Stabbing for Sadie, page 21When I was in middle school, there was a brief craze for “hypercolor” T-shirts, which changed color (mine went from blue to pink) when someone pressed their hand against the fabric.
2020, Simon Rodberg, What If I'm Wrong?, page 72
Origin
From hyper- + color. In the clothing sense, initially a trademark of Generra Sportswear Company of Seattle.
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hypercolor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypercolor
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