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color

/'k/@/l/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. having or capable of producing colors

    adj.all

    Examples
    Color film.
    He rented a color television.
    Marvelous color illustrations.
    Antonyms black and white black-and-white

    Source: WordNet 3.0

noun

  1. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

    noun.attribute

    Examples
    A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light.
    Synonyms coloring colour colouring
    Antonyms achromaticity achromatism colorlessness colourlessness

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. interest and variety and intensity

    noun.attribute

    Examples
    The Puritan Period was lacking in color.
    Synonyms colour vividness

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. the timbre of a musical sound

    noun.attribute

    Examples
    The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music.
    Synonyms coloration colour colouration

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

    noun.group

    Synonyms colour people of color people of colour

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

    noun.attribute

    Examples
    The situation soon took on a different color.
    Synonyms colour gloss semblance

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. any material used for its color

    noun.substance

    Examples
    She used a different color for the trim.
    Synonyms coloring material colour colouring material

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors.
    Synonyms colour

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. 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: WordNet 3.0

  9. 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 <i>colors</i>; sad <i>colors</i>, etc.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. add color to

    verb.change

    Examples
    The child colored the drawings.
    Fall colored the trees.
    Colorize black and white film.
    Synonyms color in colorise colorize colour colour in colourise colourize
    Antonyms discolor

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. affect as in thought or feeling

    verb.communication

    Examples
    My personal feelings color my judgment in this case.
    Synonyms colour distort tinge

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. modify or bias

    verb.social

    Examples
    His political ideas color his lectures.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. decorate with colors

    verb.creation

    Examples
    Color the walls with paint in warm tones.
    Synonyms colour emblazon

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

    verb.communication

    Examples
    Color a lie.
    Synonyms colour gloss

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. change color, often in an undesired manner

    verb.change

    Examples
    The shirts discolored.
    Synonyms colour discolor discolour

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. 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

  8. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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