colour

1. (adjective) (photography) "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "in glorious color"; "marvelous color illustrations"
Synonyms: color

2. (verb) add color to
Synonyms: color, color in, colour in
Related Words: blotch, draw, mottle, paint, streak

3. (verb) decorate with colors
Synonyms: color, emblazon
Related Words: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, miniate, ornament

4. (noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "white is the coolest summer color"
Synonyms: color, coloring, colouring
Related Words: achromatic color, achromatic colour, chromatic color, chromatic colour, coloration, complection, complexion, dithered color, dithered colour, heather, heather mixture, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, shade, skin color, skin colour, spectral color, spectral colour, tincture, tint, tone, visual property

5. (noun) the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
Synonyms: color
Related Words: quality, timber, timbre, tone

6. (noun) interest and variety and intensity: "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
Synonyms: color, vividness
Related Words: interest, interestingness

7. (noun) a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Synonyms: color, people of color, people of colour
Related Words: race

8. (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Synonyms: discolor, discolour
Related Words: black, blacken, blanch, blench, blue, blush, bronze, burn, change, crimson, dye, flush, gray, green, grey, melanize, nigrify, pale, purple, redden, silver, sunburn, tan, tone, turn, white, whiten, yellow

9. (noun) outward or token appearance or form; "he tried to give his actions a semblance of authenticity"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
Synonyms: color, semblance
Related Words: appearance, camouflage, disguise, face value, guise, pretence, pretext, simulacrum, verisimilitude, visual aspect



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