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colorway

/ˈkʌləɹˌweɪ/

colorway noun: any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available.

Noun

colorway (plural colorways)

  1. Any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available.
    • This shirt comes in three colorways: taupe, red, and navy.
    • Each colorway has a variety of tones (light, medium, and dark) and print styles (floral, dots, stripes, abstract, and geometric).2011, Emily Cier, Quilt Remix: Spin Traditional Favorites into 10 Fresh Projects, C&T Publishing, →ISBN, page 33
    Synonyms:
    color scheme, theme

Synonyms of colorway

Forms of colorway

pluralcolorways
alternative formcolourway

Origin of colorway

From color + way.

Questions about colorway

What does colorway mean?
Colorway means any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available.
What part of speech is colorway?
Colorway is a noun.
How do you pronounce colorway?
Colorway is pronounced /ˈkʌləɹˌweɪ/.
What is the plural of colorway?
The plural of colorway is colorways.

Words near colorway in the dictionary

  1. colorums
  2. colorwash
  3. colorwashed
  4. colorwashes
  5. colorwashing
  6. colorway
  7. colorways
  8. colorwise
  9. colorwork
  10. colory
  11. coloscope

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