Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coloration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coloration \Col`or*a"tion\, n.
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
--Bacon.
The females . . . resemble each other in their general
type of coloration. --Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coloration
n : appearance with regard to color: "her healthy coloration"
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