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Definition of Overcoloring
1. overcolor [v] - See also: overcolor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcoloring
Literary usage of Overcoloring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Vasari's love of the marvelous always led him to an overcoloring of what he most
admired or disliked, so that none of his statements can be accepted ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1829)
"There is such prosaic exaggeration and harsh overcoloring, that though some single
expressions may be striking, the passage taken as a whole is discordant ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1831)
"Why, then, should Mrs. Stowe be charged with overcoloring the picture she has
drawn of those who displayed strong natural affection, mental culture, ..."
4. Essays on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights by Jonathan Dymond (1896)
"... some little deduction from the truth, in speaking of matters that are against
their cause, or some little overcoloring of facts in their own favor. ..."
5. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1887)
"... deep brown, admirably suited to the subjects, imparting a warm, rich tone to
the plate, avoiding both a cold severity and a crude overcoloring. ..."
6. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1829)
"There is such prosaic exaggeration and harsh overcoloring, that though some single
expressions may be striking, the passage taken as a whole is discordant ..."
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