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Noun: color wash
Usage: US (elsewhere: colour wash)
  1. A wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment
    "They applied a light blue color wash to the walls to brighten up the room";
    - colour wash [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: color washes

Type of: wash

Encyclopedia: Color wash