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coloris

Coloris is a term used in several contexts to refer to color and color schemes. In Latin, coloris is the genitive form of color, meaning "of color," and appears in scholarly and historical texts in that grammatical form. In French, coloris is a common noun meaning color, hue, or shade, and it is frequently used to discuss color in design, art, and fashion. In English, coloris is encountered mainly in specialized fields such as textiles, fashion, and art criticism, where it denotes a defined set of colors chosen for a product, collection, or design.

In textiles and fashion, coloris is often used to describe colorways or color palettes available for a

In art and painting, coloris can refer to the treatment and arrangement of color within a composition—the

Overall, coloris functions as a cross-lertilizing term linking languages to describe color in design, art, and

garment
or
fabric.
A
single
design
might
be
offered
in
multiple
coloris,
providing
different
combinations
of
tones
while
preserving
the
overall
pattern
or
cut.
Catalogs
and
designers
use
the
term
to
organize
and
communicate
options
to
buyers
and
consumers.
coloristic
aspect
of
a
work.
Historically,
critics
and
writers
sometimes
used
coloris
to
discuss
harmony,
contrast,
and
the
emotional
or
atmospheric
effects
produced
by
color
relationships,
distinct
from
line,
form,
or
structure.
material
culture.