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colormap

colormap noun: a lookup table specifying the colors to be used in rendering a palettized image.

Noun

colormap (plural colormaps)

  1. A lookup table specifying the colors to be used in rendering a palettized image.

Forms of colormap

pluralcolormaps

Origin of colormap

From color + map.

Questions about colormap

What does colormap mean?
Colormap means a lookup table specifying the colors to be used in rendering a palettized image.
What part of speech is colormap?
Colormap is a noun.
What is the plural of colormap?
The plural of colormap is colormaps.

Words near colormap in the dictionary

  1. colorlessness
  2. colormaker
  3. colormakers
  4. colormaking
  5. colorman
  6. colormap
  7. colormaps
  8. colormen
  9. colorogenic
  10. colorology
  11. colorometric

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