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play of colour

play of colour is the alternative form of play of color.

Meaning of play of color

Noun

play of color (countable and uncountable, plural plays of color)

  1. An optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts with a gemstone, causing it to appear to change color.

Forms of play of colour

pluralplays of colour

Questions about play of colour

What is play of colour the alternative form of?
Play of colour is the alternative form of play of color.

Words near play of colour in the dictionary

  1. play money
  2. play nice
  3. play Nostradamus
  4. play number two
  5. play of color
  6. play of colour
  7. play of words
  8. play off
  9. play Old Gooseberry
  10. play Old Harry
  11. play Old Harry with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: play of colour (page history and authors); play of color (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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