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HMS Iphigenia striking her colours at the Battle of Grand Port (historically, happened the day after)

Striking the colors—meaning lowering the flag (the "colors") that signifies a ship's or garrison's allegiance—is a universally recognized indication of surrender, particularly for ships at sea. For a ship, surrender is dated from the time the ensign is struck.

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Striking the colors

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

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Complementary colors

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

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Battle ensign

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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...

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Strike

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

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The Colour Out of Space

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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...

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Colors of the Wind

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"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...

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Battle of Groton Heights

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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...

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Colour guard

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

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Stephen Decatur

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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,...

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Fothergilla gardenii

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

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Grand Prismatic Spring

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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...

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Action of 15 January 1782

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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...

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Liquidambar styraciflua

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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...

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Sunset

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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...

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Sunrise

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

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Color blindness

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

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King of Jazz

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

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Paul Weyrich

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intent. In the evangelical magazine World he wrote: ... [W]hen critics say in supposed response to me that 'before striking our colors in the culture wars...

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Chromodoris magnifica

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the skin in case of danger. The specific epithet magnifica in Chromodoris magnifica means magnificent, so-named because of this nudibranch's striking...

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Color space

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realized colors assigned to a set of physical color swatches with corresponding assigned color names (including discrete numbers in – for example – the Pantone...

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Peperomia clusiifolia

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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....

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List of The Loud House episodes

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The Loud House is an American animated television series created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series focuses on Lincoln...

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Butterfly splitfin

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

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