undercolor

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A form of undercolour — A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.

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Meanings

nounundercolor (plural undercolors)

plural undercolors

  1. alternativeAlternative form of undercolour.

    Her images are layered and slipped slightly off their undercolor as if a small creature has given them a good shaking.

    2015 November 6, Samantha Hunt, “Isol’s ‘The Menino,’ and More”, in New York Times
verbundercolor (third-person singular simple present undercolors, present participle undercoloring, simple past and past participle undercolored)

present singular third person undercolors · participle present undercoloring · participle past undercolored · past undercolored

  1. alternativeAlternative form of undercolour.

Origin

From under- + color.

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Cite this entry
APA

undercolor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercolor

MLA

“undercolor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercolor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undercolor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercolor.

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