COLORATION
coloration
Noun
- The act or art of coloring.
- The quality of being colored.
- A notational devise for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation); or
- Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid "black notes".
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