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precolor en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + color.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Before the advent of color film, and thus presented in black and white.
   • They also bring to mind stylish movie sets in precolor Hollywood; Fred and Ginger or a phalanx of Busby Berkeley dancers could easily drift among their mirrored, ethereal forms. 2009 June 19, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
precolour		alternative	lexicographic

precolor en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + color.

Meanings

1. To color beforehand.
   • This approach also makes use of the Precolored option to FourColoring, which in this case is used to precolor all vertices but one. 1999, Stan Wagon, Mathematica in Action, Page 522:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
precolour		alternative	lexicographic
precolors	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
precolored	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
precolored	Tense=Past		lexicographic
precoloring	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic