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Meaning of "earth colour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EARTH COLOUR

earth colour  [ɜːθ ˈkʌlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EARTH COLOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Earth colour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EARTH COLOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of earth colour in the English dictionary

The definition of earth colour in the dictionary is any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EARTH COLOUR


bicolor
ˈbaɪˌkʌlə
color
ˈkʌlə
colour
ˈkʌlə
culler
ˈkʌlə
decolor
diːˈkʌlə
decolour
diːˈkʌlə
discolor
dɪsˈkʌlə
discolour
dɪsˈkʌlə
encolour
ɪnˈkʌlə
miscolour
ˌmɪsˈkʌlə
multicolor
ˈmʌltɪˌkʌlə
noncolor
nɒnˈkʌlə
off-color
ˌɒfˈkʌlə
off-colour
ˌɒfˈkʌlə
overcolor
ˌəʊvəˈkʌlə
overcolour
ˌəʊvəˈkʌlə
recolor
riːˈkʌlə
recolour
riːˈkʌlə
versicolor
ˈvɜːsɪˌkʌlə
watercolour
ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EARTH COLOUR

earth
Earth 2.0
earth closet
earth inductor compass
earth mother
earth mover
earth pillar
earth return
earth science
earth sign
Earth Summit
earth tremor
earth up
earth wax
earth wire
earth wolf
earth-grazer
earth-shattering
earthborn
earthbound

WORDS THAT END LIKE EARTH COLOUR

a horse of another colour
bicolour
body colour
dolour
eye colour
false colour
flour
four-colour
hair colour
local colour
multicolour
off colour
oil colour
person of colour
primary colour
secondary colour
skin colour
technicolour
three-colour
tone colour
tricolour

Synonyms and antonyms of earth colour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «earth colour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EARTH COLOUR

Find out the translation of earth colour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of earth colour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «earth colour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大地色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

color de la tierra
570 millions of speakers

English

earth colour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पृथ्वी रंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لون الأرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

земля цвет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cor terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আর্থ রং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couleur de la terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Warna bumi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erdfarbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アースカラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어스 컬러 (earth color)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Warna bumi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூமி நிறம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पृथ्वी रंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toprak rengi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colore terra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolor ziemia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

земля колір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culoare pământ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το χρώμα της γης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aarde kleur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jord färg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

earth farge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of earth colour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EARTH COLOUR»

The term «earth colour» is normally little used and occupies the 148.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EARTH COLOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «earth colour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «earth colour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about earth colour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EARTH COLOUR»

Discover the use of earth colour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to earth colour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Colour and Humanism: Colour Expression Over History
In view of the work of Arcimboldo, Newton and Harris, it is not difficult to visualise the harmonic scale of, say, earth-colour values that many painters sought but did not find, although in fact they used such a scale intuitively - a scale to which all ...
Don Pavey, Roy Osborne, 2003
2
Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary
2 ground (Am); the mass of conductive earth whose potential is zero, to which cables in a low voltage electrical system are also connected; see earth electrode. earth colour, earth pigment, natural pigment; any of a number of natural pigments  ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2012
3
Bhoga Karika of Sadyojyoti:
Of the forms of taste that are in water, namely pungency, sourness, saltiness, sweetness, astringency, and bitterness, only sweetness is in earth. Colour is in earth, water and fire etc. In earth, colour is of manifold types: white, red, yellow, black; ...
Sadyojyoti, Wayne A. Borody, 2005
4
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
2 not exciting or showing much imagination: an uninspired and earthbound performance earth .colour noun [C] an earth tone earthen /'3:.9an/ ® /'3-:-/ adjective made of earth or of baked clay: an earthen casserole dish earthenware  ...
‎2008
5
Colour Healing Manual: The Complete Colour Therapy Programme
It is an earth colour and can be found in the Earth's crust in the form of iron compounds. It is strongly connected to autumn, when the leaves turn the many shades of orange. The dyes to produce a rich vibrant orange did not appear until the ...
Pauline Wills, 2013
6
The Artist's Garden in Oils: 18 Step by Step Guides:
In this image, I am applying a translucent glaze of an earth colour (burnt sienna acrylic paint mixed with a few drops of water). This will give a warm luminous undercurrent to the final oil painting. 8 Again, notice the difference between an ...
Rachel Shirley, 2011
7
Basics Design 05: Colour
Colour Colour Symbolism Brown Brown is a neutral, down-to-earth colour that is closely associated with the natural world via organic materials such as wood and stone. Brown is solid, dependable and conveys an impression of warmth and ...
Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, 2005
8
Journey Through Many Lifetimes
You take one Earth colour – yellow – and you do not have many shades of that particular colour and to the eye of Shinvar they are not, your colours, your shades of colours, so very good which is a pity! Ifyou could come to this planet and see ...
David Tenneson, 2011
9
Adrian Stokes: An Architectonic Eye : Critical Writings on ...
Thus, Alberti's primaries of blue, red, green, and earth colour are limited as they exclude yellow. Alberti has also been reprimanded for attempting to perpetuate classico-medieval symbolic codes of colour, such as the association of primary ...
Stephen Kite, 2009
10
Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
2 ground (Am.); the mass of conductive earth whose potential is zero, to which cables in a low voltage electrical system are also connected. earth colour, earth pigment, natural pigment; any of a number of natural pigments such as ochre, ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EARTH COLOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term earth colour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Consent sought for 'Kingdom Hall'
The hall would be clad with brick veneer in a natural earth colour, with a dark corrugated iron roof. Consent is also sought for a wood and ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Plaza Premium Lounge opens at Changi Airport in Singapore
By adapting earth colour tones and timber materials in the design, the lounge creates a warm and relaxing atmosphere, for guests to rest, ... «Breaking Travel News, Jul 15»
3
Plaza Premium Lounge arrives at Singapore Changi Airport
By adapting earth colour tones and timber materials in the design, the lounge creates a warm and relaxing atmosphere, for guests to rest, ... «ITCM, Jun 15»
4
8 bathroom trends to know about this season
He notes that more and more natural influences are being seen in current bathrooms – from natural earth colour palettes, to the introduction of ... «Women24, May 15»
5
The art of colourizing a garden
This metal slowly weathers to a beautiful orangey rust-like patina that adds a subtle earth colour to the garden. But failing all else, you can ... «Vancouver Sun, May 15»
6
Colour me right
Roman aristocracy preferred this colour for their clothes. Brown, the earth colour, means down- to- earth and being rooted. Share this Post:. «Free press journal, May 15»
7
At the RA Julian Bell
You resign yourself to scrabbling instead for 17th-century prints and studies-after, weightless stand-bys for all that viscous oil and earth colour. «London Review of Books, Feb 15»
8
BC craft beer seasonal releases, late winter/early spring edition
Pours a deep black earth colour with a slight brown sugar-colored crema and a big espresso aroma. Full roasted coffee flavours with hints dark ... «Vancouver Sun, Feb 13»
9
Robert Motherwell: Prints from the Artist's Studio, Bernard Jacobson …
“I belong to a family of black painters and earth colour painters in masses, which would include Manet and Goya and Matisse.” No other ... «Financial Times, Sep 12»
10
Walk through eco-friendly UNEP building
The walls of this building are painted in earth colour representative of Nairobi. This was done purposely to reduce the need for cleaning and ... «Capital FM Kenya, Mar 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Earth colour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/earth-colour>. Apr 2024 ».
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