forecolour

English

Alternative forms

• forecolor (North America)

Etymology

From fore- +‎ colour.

Noun

forecolour (plural forecolours)

1. Any colour which stands out among others.
   • 1986, Robert Phelps Colette, Flowers and Fruit:

     Then the violet and the blues will be the forecolours of the crimson red, which crowns a piece of work caressed by conscious hands, on a series of stones whose grain itself is a matter of choice - [...]

2. (computing) A prominent colour, especially one that is superimposed and visible over other colours.
   • 2009, David Harrison, ated Functional Testing for Java-Swing:

     This marking is often done by setting the forecolour of the control.