for color
idiom
: in order to make something more colorful
She used red peppers in the salad for color.
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Albino animals don’t produce any melanin, a pigment responsible for color, while leucistic animals produce only some pigmentation.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
Lemonade mixed with pickle juice and baby dill pickle, with Butterfly Pea Flower for color.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
Features contemporary artists who share an affinity for color and playfulness.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 9 June 2024
Johnson the Younger has an unfamiliar genius for color, the lapidarian technique of a jeweler and a devotion to evocative abstraction.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
Lemonade mixed with pickle juice and baby dill pickle, with Butterfly Pea Flower for color.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
Features contemporary artists who share an affinity for color and playfulness.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 9 June 2024
Johnson the Younger has an unfamiliar genius for color, the lapidarian technique of a jeweler and a devotion to evocative abstraction.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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“For color.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20color. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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