for color
idiom
: in order to make something more colorful
She used red peppers in the salad for color.
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Its ink costs are super low, just 0.3 cents for a standard black page and 0.9 cents for color, according to our tests.
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Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
Buff Strickland While known for her dressmaker detail and eye for color, Bratton believes that the essence of a house begins with the hard finishes, encompassing everything from cabinetry, fixtures, and flooring to hardware and paint colors.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
The peformance surprised analysts, who prodded management for color.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Red is the first color, the strongest color, the one that stands for color itself.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
Buff Strickland While known for her dressmaker detail and eye for color, Bratton believes that the essence of a house begins with the hard finishes, encompassing everything from cabinetry, fixtures, and flooring to hardware and paint colors.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
The peformance surprised analysts, who prodded management for color.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Red is the first color, the strongest color, the one that stands for color itself.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for for color
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“For color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20color. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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