splash of color
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3.5
- noun
:
toque de color
- The couch needed a splash of color.
- add a splash of color
- bright splash of color
- make a splash of color
But we also do the chevrons on the floors and all like the splashes of color.
- But we also do the chevrons on the floors and all like the splashes of color.
Examples
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Lazuli Buntings add a welcome splash of color for us to enjoy.
Blog text (10) -
For that necessary splash of color, I buy accessories, cheap punky things like a scarlet cowboy belt with studs and paste stones or long loops of colored beads.
Fiction book (2001) -
Can we just please add a splash of color in there somewhere?
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I'd love to throw a splash of color on our walls.
Blog text (27) -
Local street artists add their own personal splashes of color.
Blog text (20) -
Similar splashes of color are repeated across costume and decor, lending the setting a particularly coordinated look.
Academic text (1998) -
Miniature orange and lemon trees made splashes of color along a battered redwood fence.
Fiction book (2002) -
The children's area is a splash of color with the Reader's Treehouse, replete with fireflies, the early literacy stations with learning games, the Storybook Castle with its own dragon, and a display of the artwork of Dr. Seuss.
Blog text (3) -
The yellow throw pillows added a beautiful splash of color to the living room.
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Her painting had a splash of color that brightened up the entire gallery.
Synonyms
7
3.2
A small area of bright color that stands out
Antonyms
How Colorful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'splash' (a small dab or splash) combined with 'color' yields a small area or dab of color, and the 'of' construction marks this relation. This compositional, partitive pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Splash of color comes from the simple image of a small drop or splatter of bright paint on a plain surface, where the splash is quick and the color stands out. So a 'splash of color' means a small bright area that makes something look more 'lively' or interesting.