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tone color

noun

, Music.
  1. tone quality; timbre.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tone color1

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

In connection with this comes the consideration of slides and the finer modulations of tone-color, movement, and cadence.

He had grasped the first principle of tone color—namely tone contrast, and also a poetic idea.

We can make as wonderful combinations in tone color as ever painter put upon canvas.

How shall two such opposites as rhythm and tone color be connected, even in name, some will ask.

One of the most potent means of emotional expression is vocal tone color.

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