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Defenition of the word colour

    • Defenition of the word colour

      • An attribute of things that results from the light they reflect, transmit, or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengths.
      • To add color to.
      • (photography) "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "in glorious color"; "marvelous color illustrations"
      • the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
      • a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "white is the coolest summer color"
      • add color to
      • decorate with colors
      • a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
      • interest and variety and intensity: "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
      • change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
      • outward or token appearance or form; "he tried to give his actions a semblance of authenticity"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
      • the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person''s perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
      • an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "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"
      • a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
      • interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
      • (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
      • any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
      • add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
      • affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
      • gloss or excuse; "color a lie"
      • decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
      • modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
      • having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
      • the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
      • an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
      • a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
      • the timbre of a musical sound
      • interest and variety and intensity
      • (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
      • any material used for its color
      • change color, often in an undesired manner
      • affect as in thought or feeling
      • give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
      • modify or bias
      • having or capable of producing colors

    Synonyms for the word colour

      • color
      • color in
      • coloring
      • colour in
      • colouring
      • discolor
      • discolour
      • emblazon
      • people of color
      • people of colour
      • semblance
      • vividness

    Similar words in the colour

      • panchromatic

    Hyponyms for the word colour

      • achromatic color
      • achromatic colour
      • aurify
      • azure
      • black
      • blacken
      • blackwash
      • blanch
      • blench
      • blotch
      • blue
      • blush
      • bronze
      • brown
      • burn
      • camouflage
      • chromatic color
      • chromatic colour
      • color of law
      • coloration
      • colour of law
      • colouration
      • complexion
      • crimson
      • disguise
      • dithered color
      • dithered colour
      • dye
      • dyestuff
      • embrown
      • empurple
      • face value
      • flush
      • gray
      • green
      • grey
      • guise
      • handcolor
      • handcolour
      • heather
      • heather mixture
      • hematochrome
      • hue
      • imbue
      • incarnadine
      • indicator
      • melanise
      • melanize
      • miniate
      • mordant
      • motley
      • mottle
      • nigrify
      • nonsolid color
      • nonsolid colour
      • paint
      • pale
      • parti-color
      • pigment
      • pinkify
      • polychrome
      • polychromise
      • polychromize
      • pretence
      • pretense
      • pretext
      • primary color
      • primary colour
      • purple
      • purpurate
      • redden
      • retouch
      • shade
      • silver
      • simulacrum
      • skin color
      • skin colour
      • spectral color
      • spectral colour
      • stain
      • streak
      • sunburn
      • tan
      • tinct
      • tincture
      • tinge
      • tint
      • tone
      • touch
      • turn
      • verdigris
      • verisimilitude
      • white
      • whiten
      • yellow

    Hypernyms for the word colour

      • act upon
      • adorn
      • affect
      • alter
      • apologise
      • apologize
      • appearance
      • bear on
      • bear upon
      • beautify
      • change
      • decorate
      • draw
      • embellish
      • excuse
      • form
      • grace
      • impact
      • influence
      • interest
      • interestingness
      • justify
      • kind
      • material
      • modify
      • ornament
      • paint
      • quality
      • race
      • rationalise
      • rationalize
      • sort
      • stuff
      • timber
      • timbre
      • tone
      • touch
      • touch on
      • variety
      • visual aspect
      • visual property
      • work

    Antonyms for the word colour

      • achromatism
      • black and white
      • black and white(p)
      • black-and-white
      • colorlessness
      • colourlessness
      • discolor

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