in color

prepositional phrase

Using colour/color (or hue) as opposed to shades of grey/gray.

Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative Commonwealth Ireland in colour

  1. Using colour/color (or hue) as opposed to shades of grey/gray.

    The exhibition will consist of 176 contemporary photographs, forty-nine of them in color, by 129 amateurs and professionals.

    1960 May 15, J. D., “Color in Review: Annual Puts Emphasis on Appreciation”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
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    In filming the coronation of King George VI in color, she figuratively wrote finis to the chapter of experiment which began with the first color film ever marketed—that of the coronation of his father, King George V, in 1905.

    1939 February 26, Kathleen McLaughlin, “Expert in Color Photography, Woman Is Paid $65,000 a Year […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    Antonyms: in black and white

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, color.

    The box in which the bomb was placed was similar to a salt box and was blue in color.

    1933 March 31, “Father Coughlin’s Residence Bombed […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseUsing colour/color (or hue) as opposed to shades of grey/gray.

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Chicago

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