color (adj.)

  1. having or capable of producing colors; color film; he rented a color television; marvelous color illustrations

    [ Syn: colour ]

    color (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: colour , coloring , colouring ]

  2. interest and variety and intensity; the Puritan Period was lacking in color; the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness

    [ Syn: colour , vividness ]

  3. the timbre of a musical sound; the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

    [ Syn: colour , coloration , colouration ]

  4. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

    [ Syn: colour , people of color , people of colour ]

  5. 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

    [ Syn: semblance , gloss , colour ]

  6. any material used for its color; she used a different color for the trim

    [ Syn: coloring material , colouring material , colour ]

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

    [ Syn: colour ]

  8. 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 (v.)

  1. 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 ]

  2. affect as in thought or feeling; My personal feelings color my judgment in this case; The sadness tinged his life

    [ Syn: tinge , colour , distort ]

  3. modify or bias; His political ideas color his lectures

    [ Syn: colour ]

  4. decorate with colors; color the walls with paint in warm tones

    [ Syn: colour , emblazon ]

  5. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; color a lie

    [ Syn: colour , gloss ]

  6. change color, often in an undesired manner; The shirts discolored

    [ Syn: discolor , discolour , colour ]

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