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Color vs Quality, Timbre and Texture

Author: Windy Dreamer
Date: 2018-11-20 19:17

Yesterday when I came across the word timbre in a post I ran to the dictionary for clarification of the authors intent. After an hour of comparing dictionaries I found no distinction between color and timbre. They also said color, quality, timbe and texture were synonymous in music. That makes no sense to me.I perceive color as broadness and depth of tone with brightness, timbre as broadness and depth of tone to the dark side and quality of tone would be a measure of excellence of either timbre or color.Texture would mean that the color or timbre had clearly discernable features like waves on a lake.I could use all four terms to describe a tone that was either pleasing or offensive. My understanding of the words is based on reading in context not dictionaries . Am I correct or are they simply synonymous ?

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