Definition of colorations:
(n) :
The act or art of coloring.
(n) :
The quality of being colored.
(n) :
Political tendency.
(n) :
(music) A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).
(n) :
(music) Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes.
(n) :
(linguistics) This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory.