In English, the differentiation among the three separate meanings of the German word ‘Farbe’ is expressed by the terms ‘colour’ (material colour, e.g. bare concrete), ‘hue’ (colouration, e.g. pigmented concrete) and ‘paint’ (or more broadly, coating, e.g. coated concrete).

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In English, the differentiation among the three separate meanings of the German word ‘Farbe’ is expressed by the terms ‘colour’ (material colour, e.g. bare concrete), ‘hue’ (colouration, e.g. pigmented concrete) and ‘paint’ (or more broadly, coating, e.g. coated concrete). — In English, the differentiation among the three separate meanings of the German word ‘Farbe’ is expressed by the terms ‘colour’ (material colour, e.g. bare concrete), ‘hue’ (colouration, e.g. pigmented concrete) and ‘paint’ (or more broadly, coating, e.g. coated concrete).
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