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Meaning of "local colour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOCAL COLOUR

local colour play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOCAL COLOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Local 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 LOCAL COLOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of local colour in the English dictionary

The definition of local colour in the dictionary is the characteristic features or atmosphere of a place or time.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOCAL COLOUR

local anaesthesia
local anaesthetic
local area network
local authority
local call
local council
local Derby
local education authority
local election
local examination
local examinations
local government
local government officer
Local Group
local is lekker
local loan
local option
local oscillator
local politics
local radio

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOCAL COLOUR

bicolour
body colour
colour
discolour
eye colour
flour
four-colour
hair colour
multicolour
off colour
off-colour
oil colour
person of colour
primary colour
recolour
secondary colour
skin colour
three-colour
tone colour
tricolour
watercolour

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «local colour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOCAL COLOUR

Find out the translation of local colour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of local 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 «local colour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地方色彩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

color local
570 millions of speakers

English

local colour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थानीय रंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللون المحلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

местный колорит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cor local
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লোকাল কল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couleur locale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Panggilan tempatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lokalkolorit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地方色
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지역 색상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panggilan lokal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu sắc địa phương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளூர் அழைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थानिक कॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yerel arama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colore locale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lokalny kolor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

місцевий колорит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culoare locală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοπικό χρώμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plaaslike kleur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lokala färg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lokale farge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of local colour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOCAL COLOUR»

The term «local colour» is normally little used and occupies the 119.117 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of local colour
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOCAL COLOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «local colour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «local 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 local colour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOCAL COLOUR»

Discover the use of local colour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to local colour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Local Colour: A Travelling Concept
From the seventeenth-century rift between 'Poussinistes' and 'Rubenistes', to the genesis of Romanticist aesthetic theories in early nineteenth-century France, to the North American regionalist prose of the Local colour movement; from Roger ...
Vladimir Kapor, 2009
2
Local Colour: Travels in the Other Australia
The "other" Australia is a little-known world. This book explores the half-forgotten expanses as the photographs celebrate the sense of local colour which it possesses in abundance. The text blends anecdote, history and humour
Tim Winton, 1996
3
A Sense of Place: Re-evaluating Regionalism in Canadian and ...
It has become more common to call most of these writers "regionalists" rather than "local colourists," since to many critics "local colour" implies a view of regional life from the "outside" and an attitude of condescension toward it, while ...
Christian Riegel, 1997
4
A Painter's Camp in the Highlands, and Thoughts about Art: ...
I. PHOTOGRAPHIC MISREPRESENTATION OF LOCAL COLOUR. T N the chapter on the Relation between Photography and Painting, I •*• omitted half my argument for fear of wearying the reader ; but, as only the more earnest sort of readers ...
Philip Gilbert Hamerton, 1862
5
Lattice Gas Methods: Theory, Applications, and Hardware
[1] the local estimate of the normal of the interface is called the local colour field, and it was derived from the colours of the particles at neighbouring nodes. In our case we exploit the positive correlation of /, with the colour of the bulk in direction  ...
Gary D. Doolen, 1991
6
Hints for sketching in water-colour from nature
The light, except on flat surfaces, occupies but a tip of the object ; all the rest is more or less in shadow, and therefore the local colour is more or less modified and altered by it. In high lights you may plainly see that the local colour is diminished ...
Thomas Hatton, 1871
7
Racism and Anti-racism in American Popular Culture: ...
Joel. Chandler. Harris: Uncle. Remus: His. Songs. and. Sayings. (1880). When Uncle Remus first appeared in book form in 1880, it was destined to become one of the most influential of the highly popular 'local-colour' novels of the ...
Catherine Silk, John Silk, 1990
8
The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in ...
What is the colour of shadow? is it gray, or a deepening of local colour? or is it complementary? Is it influenced by the colour of the light by which it is cast, and the time of day '1” Colour is not distinguishable in darkness; it requires a diffused  ...
George BARNARD (Artist.), 1861
9
The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water ...
... for example, if he refers to Chapter I., Section 3, he will find that he has been told that the natural or local colour of any object is entirely subservient to sunlight, and thus a red-brick house may appear yellow in sunlight, and purple in shade.
George Barnard, 1855
10
The Hidden Order Of Art
local colour dot by dot. The incredible success of the Impressionist colour revolution testifies to this. It is syncretistic in spirit because no analytic matching dot by dot, brush stroke by brush stroke, can 'match' its colours against specific ...
Anton Ehrenzweig, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOCAL COLOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term local colour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
PICTURES - The WMN's potential 10 Best Places in the South West …
Countless species, sparkling freshness, local colour, thoughts of wild and dangerous oceans beyond, the clean ozone aroma of the freshly ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
2
Ontario Sires Stakes showcases local talent at...
The division with the most local colour is race eight. What A Peach has drawn the rail with Kawartha's leading driver Gord Brown at the lines. «Kawartha Media Group, Jul 15»
3
Inside the ropes at the British Open: Strong starts could lead to …
Local colour: Tough to pick best line of the day from the awesome BBC radio broadcast, which Ropes listens to religiously while on the course. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
4
an artist in his natural landscape
... (2013)and Back Lit Barns (2013), he brought a new, revelatory authority of brightness untrammelled by the plein-air problem of local colour. «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Droitwich's first Colour Run for Sight Concern hailed a success
The next local Colour Run is in Redditch's Arrow Valley Country Park on September 5. Tickets, which include the cost of the Paint Stations, ... «Droitwich Standard, Jul 15»
6
Archive: The Attleborough literary mystery
Alfred Scrivener reported: "Readers hereabouts found touches of local colour, characters they could recognise, and plots which had been ... «Nuneaton News, Jul 15»
7
Orquesta Filarmónica de México UNAM/Latham-Koenig review …
The touring programme is certainly designed to include plenty of local colour. Four of the nine items are homegrown, while two more are by ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
A Culinary Tour Of Eastern Maui | Gizmodo Australia
Mostly attended by local hippies, you'll get a real dose of local colour if you put in the effort to attend. A Culinary Tour Of Eastern Maui ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jul 15»
9
Habit of Murder has humour, twists
The first of a trilogy of murder mysteries commissioned from Nova Scotia authors, Habit of Murder is good light entertainment full of local colour, ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
10
Deputy First Minister lends his support to local Colour Marathon
Deputy First Minister lends his support to local Colour Marathon. Posted: 5:00 pm July 5, 2015. Email this to someone Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ ... «The Ulster Herald, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Local colour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/local-colour>. May 2024 ».
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