| 单词 | colour organ |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolour organ colour organ n. a device which projects different combinations or sequences of colours to create a visual effect comparable to that created in sound by the music of an organ; cf. colour music n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > science of colour > [noun] > instruments combining colours colour circle1854 colour top1855 chromatrope1860 colour box1870 wheel of colour1877 colour organ1881 colour wheel1909 1881 Cassell's Family Mag. 699/2 The different colours of the spectrum form a scale of light which has often been compared to the musical scale, and the idea has recently taken shape in what has been termed a colour-organ. 1895 Oracle Encycl. II. 119 A ‘Colour Organ’ has been invented, which casts combinations of colour upon a screen somewhat on the same principle as a musical organ discharges sounds. 1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 591/2 The score of Prometheus [by Scriabin] includes a ‘colour organ’. 2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Nov. c1 The technology puts visuals and sound hand in glove. ‘It goes back to the 1960s rock'n'roll shows where you have these color organs,’ he said. < as lemmas |
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