Colour (album)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Having or capable of producing colors
"Color film"
"He rented a color television"
"Marvelous color illustrations"
noun
(2) The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
(3) 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"
(4) 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"
(5) The timbre of a musical sound
"The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
(6) Interest and variety and intensity
"The Puritan Period was lacking in color"
"The characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
(7) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
(8) A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
(9) Any material used for its color
"She used a different color for the trim"
verb
(10) Change color, often in an undesired manner
"The shirts discolored"
(11) Add color to
"The child colored the drawings"
"Fall colored the trees"
"Colorize black and white film"
(12) Affect as in thought or feeling
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
"The sadness tinged his life"
(13) Gloss or excuse
"Color a lie"
(14) Decorate with colors
"Color the walls with paint in warm tones"
(15) Modify or bias
"His political ideas color his lectures"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
color, via coulour; the US spelling, which excludes the u, was chosen to conform to the word's Latin origin, and to make all derivatives consistent (colorimeter, colorize, colorless, etc; see below). Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, the u has been retained.
Noun
- The spectral composition of visible light
- Humans and birds can perceive colour
- A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class
- Most languages have names for the colours black, white, red and green.
- Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
- He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all colour".
- Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- Colour has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
- Interest, especially in a selective area
- a bit of local colour
- : Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
- A standard or banner.
- The loss of their colours destroyed the regiment's morale.
- The system of colour television.
- This film is broadcast in colour.
- An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- He was awarded colours for his football.
- A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
- The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
- Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
Usage notes
Colour is the preferred form in Canadian English, but color is also accepted.
Synonyms
hue hue colour of one’s skin, ethnicity, race interest banner, standard colour televisionVerb
- To give something colour.
- We could colour the walls red.
- To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers or crayons.
- My son loves to colour.
- Of a face: To become red through increased blood flow, implying due to strong emotion.
- Her face coloured as she realised her mistake.
- To affect without completely changing.
- That interpretation certainly colours my perception of the book.
- To attribute a quality to.
- Colour me confused.