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high colour

high colour is the alternative spelling of high color.

Meaning of high color

Noun

high color (countable and uncountable, plural high colors)

  1. graphics with two bytes of storage per pixel, allowing for up to 65536 different colors
  2. 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
  3. 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

Forms of high colour

pluralhigh colours

Questions about high colour

What is high colour the alternative spelling of?
High colour is the alternative spelling of high color.

Words near high colour in the dictionary

  1. high churchmanship
  2. high churchmen
  3. high cockalorum
  4. High Cogges
  5. high color
  6. high colour
  7. high colours
  8. high comedies
  9. high comedy
  10. high comma
  11. high command

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