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false colours

false colours is the plural of false colour.

Meaning of false colour

Noun

false colour (plural false colours)

  1. (attributive, especially) Having colours that are different from those of reality, especially such that the colours used correspond to some physical or spectral significance (e.g. representing temperature, wavelength, species of microbe, or other meaning).
    • A false-colour image from a microscope helps highlight the variety of microbial species present in a single sample of soil.

Questions about false colours

What is false colours the plural of?
False colours is the plural of false colour.

Words near false colours in the dictionary

  1. false chanterelles
  2. false cirrus
  3. false cognate
  4. false cognates
  5. false colour
  6. false colours
  7. false conception
  8. false conceptions
  9. false consciousness
  10. false consciousnesses
  11. false cousin

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