CHANGE OF COLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does change of color mean? 

• CHANGE OF COLOR (noun)
  The noun CHANGE OF COLOR has 1 sense:

1. an act that changes the light that something reflects

  Familiarity information: CHANGE OF COLOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANGE OF COLOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act that changes the light that something reflects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("change of color" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "change of color"):

lightening; whitening (changing to a lighter color)

blackening; darkening (changing to a darker color)

discoloration; discolouration (the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded)

coloring; colouring (the act or process of changing the color of something)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with an optical streak or other pattern on the signal surface that causes a noticeable change of color from the rest of the pultruded surface.

(Optical Discoloration Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)