high color
high color noun: graphics with two bytes of storage per pixel, allowing for up to 65536 different colors.
Noun
high color (countable and uncountable, plural high colors)
- graphics with two bytes of storage per pixel, allowing for up to 65536 different colors
- a strong color
- […] put in as much tincture of saffron as will give them a high colour, but no currants[…]1796, Hannah Glasse, The art of cookery, made plain and easy, London: T. Longman, page 318
- a pinkness or redness of the face; having rosacea; having a flushed face
- […] That when she had a high Colour she was very ill, and when she was pale, she was at Death's Door,[…]1709 September 2, The Female Tatler, page 1
- […] Their features are strongly marked, and their bodies are very fleshy, and cumbrous: they have a high colour in their cheeks, and the complexion is fair enough[…]1796 December, George Forster, “Article IV: Voyage Philosephique et Pittoresque, &c.–A Philosophical and Picturesque Journey along the Banks of the Rhine, to Liege, through Flanders, Holland, &c. in...
Forms of high color
| plural | high colors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | high colour |
Questions about high color
- What does high color mean?
- High color means graphics with two bytes of storage per pixel, allowing for up to 65536 different colors.
- What part of speech is high color?
- High color is a noun.
- What is the plural of high color?
- The plural of high color is high colors.
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