overcolour
nounEtymology From over- + colour.
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Colour that is superimposed on another previously applied to obtain a different gradation, or a particular transparency effect.
overcolour
verbEtymology From over- + colour.
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Figuratively To exaggerate.
- But simultaneously, the growing force of her mind's intelligence, wherein was no enthusiasm to misdirect by overcolouring, enabled her to gather more than a suspicion of comparative feebleness in the man stripped of his terrors.1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage:
- He was seized after a minute, face to face with his actual comrade, with the impulse to overcolour.1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, 3rd part, page 78:
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- He never sought to gain or augment the confidence of his followers by concealing facts, minimising difficulties, or overcolouring expectations.1922, Ronald McNeill, Ulster's Stand For Union: