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colour supplement

colour supplement

3.8
A magazine in colour that comes with a newspaper on weekends
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlə ˈsʌplɪmənt/
  • Literature
translation icon : suplemento de color
  • Last weekend, I enjoyed reading the travel article in the colour supplement of the newspaper.

Examples

  • You may have seen something of mine in the Sunday Times color supplement a wee while ago: Britain's Forgotten Royalty.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The colour supplement included beautiful photos of the latest fashion trends for the upcoming season.

  • Every Sunday, I look forward to the colour supplement that features reviews of new movies and exhibitions.

Synonyms

supplement
vscolour supplement
16 4.1

An extra section at the end of a book that gives more information

is a weekend glossy magazine included with a newspaper

Surface Forms

colour supplement singular
colour supplements plural
color supplements plural
color supplement singular

Morphology

color + supplement

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'colour' (printed in colour) with 'supplement' (an added magazine/section); it describes a supplementary magazine printed in colour. A B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer this sense, as the modifier–noun composition is transparent and common cross-linguistically (note: 'colour' is the British spelling).

Etymology

Colour supplement comes from newspapers that added a special magazine printed in colour and called a supplement, or 'extra', to the main paper. That's why it now means the extra colour magazine included with many weekend newspapers.