Coloration is the colours, or the pattern of colours, on a plant or an animal. A tiger’s coloration is orange with black stripes; a leaf insect’s coloration helps it look like a leaf.

Coloration體色 is是指 on a plant or an animal長在植物或動物身上的 the colours,顏色 or the pattern of colours,或顏色的花紋。A tiger's coloration老虎的體色 is是 orange with black stripes;橘色帶黑色條紋； a leaf insect's coloration這種偽裝成葉子的昆蟲的體色 helps it look like a leaf.幫助牠看起來像一片葉子。

Science teachers and nature programmes use this word a lot. In ordinary talk, people more often just say colour or colouring.

Science teachers and nature programmes科學老師和自然節目 use this word a lot.很常用這個字。In ordinary talk,在日常對話中， people人們 more often just say比較常直接說 colour顏色 or或 colouring.色澤。

Coloration sounds a bit more like a lab word, and that is useful: it lets you talk about the whole pattern, not only “it is brown.” Though actually, people also stretch it a little — a designer might talk about the coloration of a fabric — but the school sense you need first is still animals and plants.

Coloration sounds a bit more like a lab word,coloration聽起來比較像實驗室用語， and that is useful:這樣的感覺很有用： it lets you talk about the whole pattern,它讓你可以講整體的花紋， not only "it is brown."而不只是說「它是棕色的」。Though actually,不過其實， people also stretch it a little人們也會把這個字稍微引申一下 — a designer might talk about the coloration of a fabric ——像設計師可能會講布料的配色—— but the school sense you need first is still animals and plants.但你首先要知道的學校用法還是指動植物。

American spelling is coloration; British English sometimes writes colouration.

American spelling美式拼法 is是 coloration;coloration； British English sometimes writes英式英文有時會寫成 colouration.colouration。