colorationcol‧o‧ra‧tion (also colouration British English) /ˌkʌləˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] - As far as Poulton was concerned, the fact that many animals possessed protective coloration proved the effectiveness of natural selection.
- But some edible insects mimic the bright coloration to throw off their enemies.
- Echeverias are softer in form, many having good flowers and subtle leaf coloration.
- Even if you shed your red suspenders and adopted protective coloration, you were easily identifiable as a trainee.
- Given strong light, the plant will grow stronger, with deep coloration.
- I had a wife who after twenty-five years of marriage took on the coloration of the 196os.
- Soon the soft sandstone of Glen Canyon was replaced by the fabulous coloration of Marble Canyon.
- Yet aposematic coloration has not always evolved among kin-grouped prey and we need to identify the variables that are of evolutionary importance.
nouncolour/colorcolouring/coloringcolorationcolourant/colorantcolourist/coloristadjectivecoloured/coloreddiscoloured/discoloredcolourful/colorful ≠ colourless/colorlessmulticolouredcolour/colorverbcolour/coloradverbcolourfully/colorfully ≠ colourlessly/colorlessly