forecolour
nounEtymology From fore- + colour.
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Any colour which stands out among others.
- Then the violet and the blues will be the forecolours of the crimson red, which crowns a piece of work caressed by conscious hands, on a series of stones whose grain itself is a matter of choice - [...]1986, Robert Phelps Colette, Flowers and Fruit:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A prominent colour, especially one that is superimposed and visible over other colours.
- This marking is often done by setting the forecolour of the control.2009, David Harrison, ated Functional Testing for Java-Swing: