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Definition of colour box in English: colour box(US color box) noun ˈkʌlə bɒks 1A box containing a colour or colours; specifically a portable box for holding an artist's paints, brushes, etc., a paint box. 2Manufacturing Technology. A box from which printing rollers in a machine pick up coloured ink or pigment. Now historical. 3A large box containing an arrangement of prisms and mirrors, devised by Clerk Maxwell for combining the colours of the spectrum in any required proportion. Now historical.
Origin Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Arts Companion. From colour + box. Definition of colour box in US English: colour box(US color box) nounˈkʌlə bɒks 1A box containing a colour or colours; specifically a portable box for holding an artist's paints, brushes, etc., a paint box. 2Manufacturing Technology. A box from which printing rollers in a machine pick up coloured ink or pigment. Now historical. 3A large box containing an arrangement of prisms and mirrors, devised by Clerk Maxwell for combining the colours of the spectrum in any required proportion. Now historical.
Origin Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Arts Companion. From colour + box. |