Definitions
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- noun art The scheme of two or more
colors in which a design is available. It is often used to describe variegated or ombre (shades of one color) printyarns ,fabric , orthread . It can also be applied toapparel , towallpaper and otherinterior design motifs , and to specifications forprinted materials such asmagazines ornewspapers .
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Examples
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Boing Boing 2007
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On the cyclingnews.com site not only did they review the $175Rapha "wool" short sleeve summer jersey but they used the word colorway in the review.
Public Servitude: Making the Streets Safe for Absurdity BikeSnobNYC 2009
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The colorway is called "Sea Mist," and it does remind me of ocean and sand.
September 2004 2004
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The colorway is called "Sea Mist," and it does remind me of ocean and sand.
Just under the wire 2004
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(My yarn is the "filigree" colorway, which is currently out of stock, btw.)
Wendy Knits 2010
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The sneakers host an Orlando Magic colorway, which is Pietrus 'team, and will most likely not hit stores, which is sad, these are sick enough to send someone into delirium.
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The colorway is a simple and timeless combination of white, grey, black and blue.
NiceKicks.com - Online Magazine for sneaker news, history, & culture 2009
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The colorway is a definite winner, as for the Fusion series, its growing on me, but I still would rather have my classic Jordans.
NiceKicks.com - Online Magazine for sneaker news, history, & culture 2009
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The colorway is a lovely shimmering blue-green and is called Hanauma Bay.
Wendy Knits 2008
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Failed breakaway specialist Thomas Voeckler is the human manifestation of dashed hopes and thwarted dreams, and especially when clad in the French Tricolore (for the past 25 years the official "colorway" of unsuccessful Tour de France attempts) he is like unto a vulture, salivating (inasmuch as vultures can salivate, and I defer to any ornithologists on the subject of buzzard drool) at the prospect of impending death:
The Way We Were: The Future's So "Meh" I Gotta Wear Pom Poms BikeSnobNYC 2010
Jubjub commented on the word colorway
This seems like a word of lazy origins. Is there a better word to describe the arrangement of colors?
December 20, 2009
mollusque commented on the word colorway
Spectrum?
December 20, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word colorway
The term palette springs to mind.
October 11, 2019
ry commented on the word colorway
this is a term of art in apparel and product design and is more an industry-specific hyponym of variant or version than it is particularly related to color theory. In usage it refers almost exclusively to consumer product designs, often shoes, but also, e.g., wetsuits or skeins of yarn.
October 15, 2019
vendingmachine commented on the word colorway
A new term for me. Some sample sentences:
Nike's Air Max line of running shoes is a prime example in which a single model of a shoe is often produced for years, but the color and material combination ( " colorway " ) is changed every few months, or different colorways are offered in different markets.
Yarn with multiple shades of the same hue are called " omber ", while a yarn with multiple hues may be known as a given " colorway " a green, red and yellow yarn might be dubbed the " Parrot Colorway " by its manufacturer, for example . " Heathered " yarns contain small amounts of fiber of different colors, while " tweed " yarns may have greater amounts of different colored fibers.
The firm made wallpaper by block printing, where blocks of wood are carved and printed for each colorway of a design, and fabrics were produced using the indigo-discharge dyeing method, where cloth is stained a deep indigo, then designs are bleached out so that they can be dyed other colors.
October 16, 2019