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| 1. | [ noun ] (color) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | |
| Synonyms: | coloring colouring colour | |
| Examples: | "white is made up of many different wavelengths of light" |
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| Related terms: | colorlessness visual_property shade complexion heather_mixture nonsolid_color coloration achromatic_color chromatic_color discolor colored colorless | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (color) add color to | |
| Examples: | "The child colored the drawings" "Fall colored the trees" "colorize black and white film" |
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| Related terms: | discolor change mottle verdigris azure polychrome gray pinkify incarnadine embrown handcolor pigment purple retouch silver tone handcolour redden aurify motley blackwash | |
| 3. | [ noun ] interest and variety and intensity | |
| Synonyms: | vividness colour | |
| Examples: | : "the Puritan Period was lacking in color" |
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| Related terms: | interest colorful colorless | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (photography) "color film" | |
| Synonyms: | colour | |
| Examples: | "he rented a color television" "in glorious color" "marvelous color illustrations" |
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| Related terms: | black-and-white black-and-white photography panchromatic | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (music) the timbre of a musical sound | |
| Synonyms: | colouration coloration colour | |
| Examples: | "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" |
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| Related terms: | timbre | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (genetics) a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) | |
| Synonyms: | people_of_color people_of_colour colour | |
| Related terms: | race person_of_color | |
| 7. | [ verb ] affect as in thought or feeling | |
| Synonyms: | colour tinge distort | |
| Examples: | "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case" "The sadness tinged his life" |
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| Related terms: | affect misrepresent | |
| 8. | [ noun ] outward or token appearance or form | |
| Synonyms: | semblance gloss colour | |
| Examples: | "he tried to give his actions a semblance of authenticity" "the situation soon took on a different color" |
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| Related terms: | appearance disguise guise verisimilitude face_value color_of_law simulacrum | |
| 9. | [ verb ] modify or bias | |
| Synonyms: | colour | |
| Examples: | "His political ideas color his lectures" |
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| Related terms: | influence coloring_material | |
| 10. | [ verb ] (color) change color, often in an undesired manner | |
| Synonyms: | discolour colour discolor | |
| Examples: | "The shirts discolored" |
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| Related terms: | change turn blush blacken yellow whiten dye pale sunburn blue silver tan redden green gray tone purple stain coloring discoloration | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (color) decorate with colors | |
| Synonyms: | emblazon colour | |
| Examples: | "color the walls with paint in warm tones" |
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| Related terms: | decorate miniate coloring_material | |
| 12. | [ verb ] (fine art,color) add color to | |
| Synonyms: | color_in colour_in colorise colorize colourise colourize colour | |
| Examples: | "The child colored the drawings" "Fall colored the trees" "colorize black and white film" |
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| Related terms: | discolor change paint draw mottle tone pinkify verdigris incarnadine azure polychrome blackwash purple retouch motley handcolour redden silver gray aurify embrown pigment coloring colouration | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (color) any material used for its color | |
| Synonyms: | colour colouring_material coloring_material | |
| Examples: | "she used a different color for the trim" |
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| Related terms: | material paint pigment stain dye mordant hematochrome tincture indicator litmus | |
| 14. | [ noun ] (high energy physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors | |
| Synonyms: | colour | |
| Related terms: | kind particle_physics | |
| 15. | [ 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 | |
| Synonyms: | colour | |
| Related terms: | appearance | |
| 16. | [ verb ] gloss or excuse | |
| Synonyms: | colour gloss | |
| Examples: | "color a lie" |
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| Related terms: | apologize semblance | |
| Similar spelling: |
cooler colour Coller Collar Collyer Collura Collier colliery Colyer |
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