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Quick definitions from WordNet (color)
▸ noun: 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: 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")
▸ noun: the timbre of a musical sound ("The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music")
▸ noun: interest and variety and intensity ("The Puritan Period was lacking in color")
▸ noun: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
▸ noun: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
▸ noun: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading ("The situation soon took on a different color")
▸ noun: any material used for its color ("She used a different color for the trim")
▸ verb: modify or bias ("His political ideas color his lectures")
▸ verb: add color to ("The child colored the drawings")
▸ verb: gloss or excuse ("Color a lie")
▸ verb: decorate with colors ("Color the walls with paint in warm tones")
▸ verb: affect as in thought or feeling ("My personal feelings color my judgment in this case")
▸ verb: change color, often in an undesired manner ("The shirts discolored")
▸ adjective: having or capable of producing colors ("Color film")
▸ Also see colors
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to color
▸ Usage examples for color
▸ Idioms related to color (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing color
▸ Popular nouns described by color
▸ Words that often appear near color
▸ Rhymes of color
▸ Invented words related to color
▸ noun: 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: 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")
▸ noun: the timbre of a musical sound ("The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music")
▸ noun: interest and variety and intensity ("The Puritan Period was lacking in color")
▸ noun: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
▸ noun: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
▸ noun: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading ("The situation soon took on a different color")
▸ noun: any material used for its color ("She used a different color for the trim")
▸ verb: modify or bias ("His political ideas color his lectures")
▸ verb: add color to ("The child colored the drawings")
▸ verb: gloss or excuse ("Color a lie")
▸ verb: decorate with colors ("Color the walls with paint in warm tones")
▸ verb: affect as in thought or feeling ("My personal feelings color my judgment in this case")
▸ verb: change color, often in an undesired manner ("The shirts discolored")
▸ adjective: having or capable of producing colors ("Color film")
▸ Also see colors
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to color
▸ Usage examples for color
▸ Idioms related to color (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing color
▸ Popular nouns described by color
▸ Words that often appear near color
▸ Rhymes of color
▸ Invented words related to color