false colour

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Synonyms: false color, false colors, false-color, false colours

Antonyms: false color, false colors, false-color, false colours

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|of an [[image]]|;|especially|attributively}} Having [[colour]]s that are different from those of [[reality]], especially such that the colours used correspond to some physical or spectral significance (e.g. representing temperature, wavelength, species of microbe, or other meaning).

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