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colour

co·lour

US/ˈkʌlɜr/ common

adjective

1.

having or capable of producing colors

  • “color film”
  • “he rented a color television”
  • “marvelous color illustrations”
Synonyms

noun

1.

any material used for its color

  • “she used a different color for the trim”
3.

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

Synonyms
4.

interest and variety and intensity

  • “the Puritan Period was lacking in color”
  • “the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness”
5.

the timbre of a musical sound

  • “the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”
6.

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”
7.

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”
8.

the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person''s perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

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verb

1.

modify or bias

  • “His political ideas color his lectures”
Synonyms
2.

decorate with colors

  • “color the walls with paint in warm tones”
3.

gloss or excuse

  • “color a lie”
Synonyms
4.

affect as in thought or feeling

  • “My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”
  • “The sadness tinged his life”
5.

add color to

  • “The child colored the drawings”
  • “Fall colored the trees”
  • “colorize black and white film”
6.

change color, often in an undesired manner

  • “The shirts discolored”

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