Monday, March 30, 2015

A word for "getting colored"?


Is there a word or phrase for changing from being transparent (or colorless, or maybe white) to a solid color? "Getting colored" somehow doesn't feel right. Or maybe something with "tint"? I don't know.


The context in which I'm wondering would be something like this:




The status bar of this window gradually [...] as you scroll down.




Answer



Turns color or colors



The status bar gradually turns color as you scroll down.


The status bar gradually colors as you scroll down.



Turn color is clearer because to color more commonly means that a subject causes an object to become colored. However, using status bar colors is grammatical:




verb (used without object)
25.
to take on or change color:
The ocean colored at dawn.



"color". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 19 Jan. 2016


Some examples of turns color follow.


Example:




there's an arsenal of equipment out there: # Digital thermometers, including one that beeps when it hits top degree (from $ 5 to $ 8), and a " talking " model that tells you a child's temperature (about $ 15). These take about 30 seconds to work. # Forehead strips ($ 2 to $ 3), based on liquid crystal technology, in which a thin plastic strip is placed against a dry forehead. A black bar on the strip turns color to indicate body temperature, in about 15 seconds. # Tympanic thermometers, like Thermoscan and Omron brands (starting at about $ 50 to $ 75 or more), which are pointed at a child's ear and give a digital reading in a few seconds.



Source Information:
Date 1998 (19980125)
Publication information LFS; Pg. G-06
Title Coping with a fever Lots of options to take child's temperature
Author By Diane Eicher, Denver Post Health Writer
Source Denver Post


Retrieved from the Corpus of Contemporary American English on turns color, today.


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Example:



'Smart Condom' Turns Color Depending On Your STD



A feature article at Complex.com


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Example:



Heat sensitive material on the mug surface turns color when hot liquid is poured in.




Merchandise description for color-changing mug listed on ebay.com


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