coloration

noun6

1. •
   The act or art of coloring.
2. •
   The quality of being colored.
3. •
   Political tendency.

   • The party was not organized as an Irish political vehicle, but from the first it had a decidedly Gaelic coloration. — 2014
4. •
   This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory.
5. •
   Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes.
6. •
   A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).