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color
('k/@/l/@/r )

adjective (a)

  • having or capable of producing colors(adj.all)
    Example:
    Color film.
    He rented a color television.
    Marvelous color illustrations.
    Antonym:
    black and white, black-and-white
    source: wordnet30

noun (n)

  • a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light.
    Synonym:
    coloring, colour, colouring
    Antonym:
    achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness
    source: wordnet30
  • interest and variety and intensity(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The Puritan Period was lacking in color.
    Synonym:
    colour, vividness
    source: wordnet30
  • the timbre of a musical sound(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music.
    Synonym:
    coloration, colour, colouration
    source: wordnet30
  • a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    colour, people of color, people of colour
    source: wordnet30
  • an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The situation soon took on a different color.
    Synonym:
    colour, gloss, semblance
    source: wordnet30
  • any material used for its color(noun.substance)
    Example:
    She used a different color for the trim.
    Synonym:
    coloring material, colour, colouring material
    source: wordnet30
  • (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors.
    Synonym:
    colour
    source: wordnet30
  • the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • add color to(verb.change)
    Example:
    The child colored the drawings.
    Fall colored the trees.
    Colorize black and white film.
    Synonym:
    color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
    Antonym:
    discolor
    source: wordnet30
  • affect as in thought or feeling(verb.communication)
    Example:
    My personal feelings color my judgment in this case.
    Synonym:
    colour, distort, tinge
    source: wordnet30
  • modify or bias(verb.social)
    Example:
    His political ideas color his lectures.
    source: wordnet30
  • decorate with colors(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Color the walls with paint in warm tones.
    Synonym:
    colour, emblazon
    source: wordnet30
  • give a deceptive explanation or excuse for(verb.communication)
    Example:
    Color a lie.
    Synonym:
    colour, gloss
    source: wordnet30
  • change color, often in an undesired manner(verb.change)
    Example:
    The shirts discolored.
    Synonym:
    colour, discolor, discolour
    source: wordnet30
  • To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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