Meaning of 'color'

adjective

having or capable of producing colors

Example: "I have an extra roll of color film."

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

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

Synonyms: semblance gloss

noun

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

Example: "A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light."

Synonyms: colouring coloring

noun

the timbre of a musical sound

Example: "The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music."

Synonyms: coloration

noun

interest and variety and intensity

Example: "The Puritan Period was lacking in color."

Synonyms: vividness

noun

the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

Example: "Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors."

noun

a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race, especially Blacks

Synonyms: people of color people of colour

noun

any material used for its color

Example: "I used a different color for the trim."

Synonyms: coloring material colouring material

verb

to change color, often in an undesired manner

Example: "The shirts discolored."

Synonyms: discolor discolour

verb

to add color to

Example: "The child colored the drawings."

Synonyms: colorise colorize colourise colourize color in colour in

verb

to affect as in thought or feeling

Example: "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case."

Synonyms: tinge distort

verb

to give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

Example: "Don't color a lie."

Synonyms: gloss

verb

to decorate with colors

Example: "I colored the walls with warm tones."

Synonyms: emblazon

verb

to modify or bias

Example: "Their political ideas color their lectures."