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color

[kuhl-er] / ˈkʌl ər /






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After Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier, he dispatched Robinson to the Dodgers’ triple-A team in Montreal.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Getting the color and appearance right for the icing on cupcakes alone required a nearly thirtyfold increase in natural ingredients.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

In it, a character named Tor explains her idiosyncratic job: “I’m a color expert. Color is the exact opposite of conservation. It’s made of light. It changes constantly.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

By examining the fossil under ultraviolet light, researchers uncovered new evidence about its skin, sensory structures, respiratory anatomy, and possible color pattern.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Don Quixote was again on his Rocinante; Sancho rode the only mount he had, a grayish donkey he called Rucio because of its color.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

“We hope this industry continues to reinvent itself,” they write, “but with better-quality ingredients, less sugar, no artificial colors or flavors, and more organic ingredients in cereals priced so everyone can afford them.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

After each attempt, Wordle uses colors to show how close the player is:

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

The 86-year-old designer, whose preppy aesthetic has influenced American style for decades, featured looks that emphasized his signature colors, navy blue and white.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

WK Kellogg said Thursday that it will remove artificial colors from all its cereals by the end of this year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The ceilings are soaring and high, and there are rows and rows of books of all shapes, colors, and sizes.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

During his decades-long career, Max created brightly colored graphic images and was credited with capturing the essence of the 1960s "summer of love" and psychedelia.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

“U.S. shoppers are seemingly turning back to bold — big gold pieces, chunky chains, big colored gemstone pieces and cocktail rings, that kind of thing,” she said over email.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

If it did, the attempt to recreate the first film’s magic would’ve come with plenty of film stock and some colored gels to make sure every shot isn’t washed out in jaundiced yellow.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

But the task of “sorting out this vast accumulation of brightly colored little bits of paper,” he thought, would still be a “second childhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

He was brindle colored and built like a truck, and his ears were rounded when we got him so that they looked like bear cub ears.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

She believes the coloring helps them camouflage among she-oak flowers, with which they are closely associated.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Our physician father finally conceded that tonic water—thanks to drops of quinine—might not be a completely worthless mix of food coloring and empty calories.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Jobs, goods and services have all but disappeared, with uncertainty coloring the future.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

Their vivid blue coloring is a result of the microscopic scales on the backs of their wings, which reflect light.

From BBC May 8, 2026

The larger boy didn’t hear her—he was buried in chemistry, mixing sparkling water and food coloring and fizzy candy in six different sports bottles, and his back was to the door.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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