color spectrum
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- noun
- /ˈkʌlər ˈspɛktrəm/
- Specialized
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espectro de colores
- The color spectrum shows the gradual transition between colors, making it essential for understanding light.
- from red to violet
I I know that greens are at the other end of the color spectrum from me, all pink and red.
- I I know that greens are at the other end of the color spectrum from me, all pink and red.
- The eye is sensitive more to the yellowish green portion of the color spectrum and the daguerreotype to the the Violet rays.
- So it can manifest itself within the color spectrum or within the sound spectrum or the spectrum of energy movements or the spectrum of numbers.
Examples
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The red end of the color spectrum is lost first, and then color is lost, progressing across the rainbow from red toward the blue end.
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And that basically tells you where on the color spectrum that light will lie.
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I mean this covers a lot of the the color spectrum, so it's pretty easy to match Sure.
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Let's keep the color spectrum within narrow parameters.
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The shift was also noticeable along the color spectrum as well.
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At this depth, the full color spectrum of sunlight was filtered by the water and ice above, and the sea floor appeared gray and gloomy.
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The eye is sensitive more to the yellowish green portion of the color spectrum and the daguerreotype to the the Violet rays.
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When light passes through a prism, it creates a beautiful display of the color spectrum from red to violet.
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Artists often choose their paints based on how they represent the different shades in the color spectrum.
Synonyms
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A band of colours seen in a rainbow when light splits
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The colors that our eyes can see from red to violet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'color' (hues) with 'spectrum' (a band or range); together they straightforwardly denote the range of colors. This noun+noun composition is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun color spectrum comes from the simple image of white light being split by a prism or a piece of glass into a long band of colors, like a small rainbow. So color spectrum, with color and spectrum as its parts, means the full 'range of colors' you can see, often listed from 'red to violet'.