colour
/kˈʌlɝ/
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Definitions
Adjective
having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
Noun
any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
Noun
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Noun
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
Noun
interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
Noun
the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
Noun
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
Noun
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
Noun
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person''s perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Verb
modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
Verb
decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
Verb
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
Verb
affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
Verb
add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
Verb
change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Synonyms
color
color in
coloration
coloring
coloring material
colorise
colorize
colour in
colouration
colouring
colouring material
colourise
colourize
discolor
discolour
distort
emblazon
gloss
people of color
people of colour
semblance
tinge
vividness
More General Terms
act upon
adorn
affect
alter
apologise
apologize
appearance
bear on
bear upon
beautify
change
decorate
embellish
excuse
form
grace
impact
influence
interest
interestingness
justify
kind
material
modify
ornament
quality
race
rationalise
rationalize
sort
stuff
timber
timbre
tone
touch
touch on
variety
visual aspect
visual property
work
More Specific Terms
achromatic color
achromatic colour
aurify
azure
black
blacken
blackwash
blanch
blench
blotch
blue
blush
bronze
brown
burn
camouflage
chromatic color
chromatic colour
color of law
coloration
colour of law
colouration
complexion
crimson
disguise
dithered color
dithered colour
dye
dyestuff
embrown
empurple
face value
flush
gray
green
grey
guise
handcolor
handcolour
heather
heather mixture
hematochrome
hue
imbue
incarnadine
indicator
melanise
melanize
miniate
mordant
motley
mottle
nigrify
nonsolid color
nonsolid colour
paint
pale
parti-color
pigment
pinkify
polychrome
polychromise
polychromize
pretence
pretense
pretext
primary color
primary colour
purple
purpurate
redden
retouch
shade
silver
simulacrum
skin color
skin colour
spectral color
spectral colour
stain
streak
sunburn
tan
tinct
tincture
tinge
tint
tone
touch
turn
verdigris
verisimilitude
white
whiten
yellow