noun
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a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect (syn: coloring, colour, colouring)a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
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interest and variety and intensity (syn: colour, vividness)the Puritan Period was lacking in color
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the timbre of a musical sound (syn: coloration, colour, colouration)the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
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an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading (syn: colour, gloss, semblance)the situation soon took on a different color
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any material used for its color (syn: colour)she used a different color for the trim
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(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction (syn: colour)each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
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the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation (syn: colour)verb
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add color to (syn: colour)The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
colorize black and white film
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affect as in thought or feeling (syn: colour, distort, tinge)My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
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modify or bias (syn: colour)His political ideas color his lectures
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decorate with colors (syn: colour, emblazon)color the walls with paint in warm tones
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give a deceptive explanation or excuse for (syn: colour, gloss)color a lie
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change color, often in an undesired manner (syn: colour, discolor, discolour)The shirts discolored
adjective
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having or capable of producing colors (syn: colour)color film
he rented a color television
marvelous color illustrations
Extra examples
The color of blood is red.
What color are your eyes?
What color paint shall we use?
Blue and green are my favorite colors.
The pillows are all different colors.
The room needs more color.
In early summer the garden is full of color.
She added color to her outfit with a bright scarf.
His eyes were bluish-green in color.
She's using a new lip color.
We colored the water with red ink.
The children were busy coloring in their coloring books.
My nephew colored a picture for me.
The child colored the sky blue and the sun yellow.
The child colored the drawings
