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Colour
see synonyms of colourNoun
1. color, coloring material, colour, colouring material
any material used for its color
Example Sentences:'she used a different color for the trim'
2. color, colour, people of color, people of colour
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
3. color, colour
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
Example Sentences:'each flavor of quarks comes in three colors'
interest and variety and intensity
Example Sentences:'the Puritan Period was lacking in color''the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness'
5. color, coloration, colour, colouration
the timbre of a musical sound
Example Sentences:'the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music'
6. color, coloring, colour, colouring
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Example Sentences:'a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light'
7. color, colour, gloss, semblance
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Example Sentences:'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'
8. color, colour
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Verb
decorate with colors
Example Sentences:'color the walls with paint in warm tones'
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
Example Sentences:'color a lie'
12. color, colour, distort, tinge
affect as in thought or feeling
Example Sentences:'My personal feelings color my judgment in this case''The sadness tinged his life'
13. color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
add color to
Example Sentences:'The child colored the drawings''Fall colored the trees''colorize black and white film'
14. color, colour, discolor, discolour
change color, often in an undesired manner
Example Sentences:'The shirts discolored'
Adjective
15. color, colour
having or capable of producing colors
Example Sentences:'color film''he rented a color television''marvelous color illustrations'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Colour
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Colour
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Colour
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