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Definition of colour tone in English: colour tone(US color tone) noun 1A shade of a colour, especially one having a particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue, or producing a particular effect within a picture or other image; (as a mass noun) the distinctive qualities or visual effect of a shade of colour. 2Psychology the purity or intensity of a perceived colour (rare).
OriginMid 19th century; earliest use found in Elizabeth Sheppard (1830–1862), novelist. Definition of colour tone in US English: colour tone(US color tone) noun 1A shade of a colour, especially one having a particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue, or producing a particular effect within a picture or other image; (as a mass noun) the distinctive qualities or visual effect of a shade of colour. 2Psychology the purity or intensity of a perceived colour (rare).
OriginMid 19th century; earliest use found in Elizabeth Sheppard (1830–1862), novelist. |