precolor means before the advent of color film, and thus presented in black and white. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From pre- + color.
adj
- Before the advent of color film, and thus presented in black and white.“They also bring to mind stylish movie sets in precolor Hollywood; Fred and Ginger or a phalanx of Busby Berkeley dancers could easily drift among their mirrored, ethereal forms.”
verb
- To color beforehand.“This approach also makes use of the Precolored option to FourColoring, which in this case is used to precolor all vertices but one.”