having or capable of producing colors; color film; he rented a color television; marvelous color illustrations
[ Syn: colour ]
color (adj.)
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
interest and variety and intensity; the Puritan Period was lacking in color; the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
the timbre of a musical sound; the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
[ Syn: colour , coloration , colouration ]
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
[ Syn: colour , people of color , people of colour ]
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
any material used for its color; she used a different color for the trim
[ Syn: coloring material , colouring material , colour ]
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
[ Syn: colour ]
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a persons perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
[ Syn: colour ]
color (n.)
add color to; The child colored the drawings; Fall colored the trees; colorize black and white film
[ Syn: colorize , colorise , colourise , colourize , colour , color in , colour in ]
affect as in thought or feeling; My personal feelings color my judgment in this case; The sadness tinged his life
modify or bias; His political ideas color his lectures
[ Syn: colour ]
decorate with colors; color the walls with paint in warm tones
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; color a lie
change color, often in an undesired manner; The shirts discolored