Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

false colour

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
false -colour
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Having colours that are different from those of reality, especially such that the colours used correspond to some physical or spectral significance (e.g. representing temperature, wavelength, species of microbe, or other meaning).

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

false colours (plural) false color (alternative) false-color (alternative) false-colour (alternative) false colouring (alternative)

Phrases

colour code

Frequently Paired Words

colour code

Questions

What does false colour mean?
Having colours that are different from those of reality, especially such that the colours used correspond to some physical or spectral significance (e.g. representing temperature, wavelength, species of microbe, or other meaning).

How to pronounce false colour

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