Striking the colors—meaning lowering the flag (the "colors") that signifies a ship's or garrison's allegiance—is a universally recognized indication of...

manuals, the more precise subtractive primary colors are magenta, cyan and yellow. Complementary colors can create some striking optical effects. The shadow...

Striking the colors, to haul down a flag to indicate surrender Strikethrough, typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through the center...

normal variant. Sectors or patches of strikingly different colors in the same iris are less common. Anastasius the First was dubbed dikoros (having two...

its ensign (which was known as striking the colors). This is also the origin of the phrase "To nail one's colours to the mast", showing a determination...

course of action, as striking the colors is no longer an option Flying the flag Plain sailing With flying colors - the colors was the national flag flown...

"Colors of the Wind" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures' 33rd animated feature film, Pocahontas...

The pan-Arab colors are black, white, green and red. Individually, each of the four pan-Arab colors were intended to represent a certain aspect of the...

up to 6 cm (2.5 in) in length, with irregularly toothed margins. Striking autumn colors, including bright red, crimson, orange, and yellow. Inflorescences:...

astronomical dawn. The period after the Sun rises during which striking colors and atmospheric effects are still seen. Civil twilight being the brightest, while...

mentions the "extremely limited" senses of humans, such that of the many "aethereal waves" striking the eyes, "The majority cannot be perceived by the retina...

honour Presentation of Colours Trooping the Colour Striking the colors Lai, Benjamin (20 November 2012). The Chinese People's Liberation Army since 1949:...

for the daytime halo of white light around the Sun (forward scattering of white light). Sunset colors are typically more brilliant than sunrise colors, because...

behavior. During the battle, the fort's flag was allegedly shot down. Many British soldiers interpreted this as striking the colors, that is, making a...

Survey of 1871, and named by them for its striking coloration. Its colors match most of those seen in the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical...

the name as Siren. Whipple, 2001 claims only two gunboats were offered. Some sources claim the man could have been Ruben James. Striking the colors,...

appearance, striking fall colors, and ability to grow quickly and thrive; however, as the trees matured, the damage caused by surface roots and the increased...

family. The red Pierrots, often found perching on its larva host plant, Kalanchoe, are usually noticed due to their striking patterns and colors. The butterfly...

nearly an hour before finally striking the colors. Fox had one boatswain and one seaman killed, and seven others wounded. The two Spanish ships had been...

Like other haematomas, welts change their colors as they heal, which usually takes two to four weeks. The colors include purplish black, reddish blue, brown...

the colors are scattered out of the beam by air molecules and airborne particles, changing the final color of the beam the viewer sees. Because the shorter...

the same Colours in the same Objects. — Nicolas Malebranche, The search after truth (1674) In the power of conceiving colors, too, there are striking...

and the unit name in Khmer below but with the colors differing per service: Army and Gendarmerie - Red Navy - Navy Blue Air Force - Sky Blue The People's...

including Thomas Johann Seebeck, Arthur Schopenhauer (see: On Vision and Colors), Hermann von Helmholtz, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Werner Heisenberg, Kurt Gödel...

Nine Colors (Chinese: 九色鹿; pinyin: Jiǔ Sè Lù) is a story based on the Buddhish Jataka tale. In 1981, it was adapted into an animated film of the same...

synthetic dyes have dichroic characteristics and can appear as strikingly different colors in different concentrations. Various artificial light sources...

derivation, means bright (shining) or glowing, in reference to the striking life colors of the new species." (Miller & Fitzsimons, 1971) Miller & Fitzsimons...

slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose. It is the national color of Nepal. Crimson (NR4) is produced using the dried bodies of a scale...

shortly thereafter, striking her colors to surrender at 10:36. Meanwhile, the two Spanish destroyers had also been badly damaged by the American battleships;...

with dark red. There are varieties where this red or lighter colors are shown as striking variegation. These are typically sold under names such as P....