nonsolid color
- noun
- /ˈnɒnˌsɒlɪd ˈkʌlər/
- Specialized
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color no sólido
- You can see the difference between a nonsolid color and a solid color when you look closely at the print.
Examples
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The magazine cover used a nonsolid color to achieve a more vibrant effect.
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The designer specified a nonsolid color pattern for the background to add visual texture.
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This is a nonsolid color.
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Look at that nonsolid color!
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The designer specified a nonsolid color pattern for the background to add visual texture.
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The magazine cover used a nonsolid color to achieve a more vibrant effect.
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You can see the difference between a nonsolid color and a solid color when you look closely at the print.
Synonyms
A pattern of tiny colored dots that makes a new color appear on a screen
Antonyms
How Solid
- US
2
3.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonsolid + color
The phrase transparently combines the negative prefix 'non-' with 'solid' and 'color', so a B1 learner who knows these parts can infer it denotes a color that is not uniform or solid (i.e., patterned or not a single flat fill). However, the precise technical sense used in printing/graphics (halftone dots simulating a color) is domain-specific and not fully predictable from the parts alone, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Nonsolid color comes from printing and painting where artists use many tiny dots or small marks so that, from a distance, the eye sees one color. Because the result is not one smooth solid area but a pattern of dots, the name helps you remember it means a color made from a pattern rather than a solid fill.