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| n. (attribute) | 1. color, coloring, colour, colouring | 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" |
| ~ visual property | an attribute of vision. |
| ~ primary color, primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing. |
| ~ heather mixture, heather | interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color. |
| ~ mottle | an irregular arrangement of patches of color.; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green" |
| ~ tint, shade, tincture, tone | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color.; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" |
| ~ chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | a color that has hue. |
| ~ achromatic color, achromatic colour | a color lacking hue; white or grey or black. |
| ~ coloration, colouration | appearance with regard to color.; "her healthy coloration" |
| ~ complexion, skin color, skin colour | the coloring of a person's face. |
| ~ dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour | a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. color, colour, vividness | interest and variety and intensity.; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness" |
| ~ interestingness, interest | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.).; "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. color, coloration, colour, colouration | the timbre of a musical sound.; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" |
| ~ timbre, tone, quality, timber | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).; "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
| n. (group) | 4. color, colour, people of color, people of colour | a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks). |
| ~ race | people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock.; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" |
| ~ person of color, person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. color, colour, gloss, semblance | 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" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| ~ color of law, colour of law | a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law.; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights" |
| ~ simulacrum | an insubstantial or vague semblance. |
| ~ face value | the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth. |
| ~ guise, pretence, pretext, pretense | an artful or simulated semblance.; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" |
| ~ camouflage, disguise | an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something.; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" |
| ~ verisimilitude | the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true. |
| n. (substance) | 6. color, coloring material, colour, colouring material | any material used for its color.; "she used a different color for the trim" |
| ~ paint, pigment | a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating.; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" |
| ~ material, stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" |
| ~ indicator | (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction. |
| ~ mordant | a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process. |
| ~ dye, dyestuff | a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair. |
| ~ tincture | a substances that colors metals. |
| ~ hematochrome | a reddish coloring material found in some algae. |
| ~ pigment | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.). |
| ~ pigment | any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color. |
| ~ stain | (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. color, colour | (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction.; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors" |
| ~ kind, sort, form, variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
| ~ high-energy physics, high energy physics, particle physics | the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions. |
| n. (attribute) | 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. |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| v. (change) | 9. color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ blackwash | color with blackwash. |
| ~ parti-color, motley | make motley; color with different colors. |
| ~ polychrome, polychromise, polychromize | color with many colors; make polychrome. |
| ~ azure | color azure.; "Morning azured the village" |
| ~ empurple, purpurate, purple | color purple. |
| ~ aurify | turn golden. |
| ~ verdigris | color verdigris. |
| ~ pinkify | make pink. |
| ~ incarnadine | make flesh-colored. |
| ~ brown, embrown | make brown in color.; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" |
| ~ handcolor, handcolour | color by hand.; "Some old photographs are handcolored" |
| ~ tinct, tint, tinge, touch | color lightly.; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" |
| ~ pigment | color or dye with a pigment.; "pigment a photograph" |
| ~ hue, imbue | suffuse with color. |
| ~ retouch | give retouches to (hair).; "retouch the roots" |
| ~ silver | make silver in color.; "Her worries had silvered her hair" |
| ~ gray, grey | make grey.; "The painter decided to grey the sky" |
| ~ tone | change to a color image.; "tone a photographic image" |
| ~ redden | make red.; "The setting sun reddened the sky" |
| ~ blotch, mottle, streak | mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained. |
| v. (communication) | 10. color, colour, distort, tinge | affect as in thought or feeling.; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| v. (social) | 11. color, colour | modify or bias.; "His political ideas color his lectures" |
| ~ act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
| v. (creation) | 12. color, colour, emblazon | decorate with colors.; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| ~ miniate | paint with red lead or vermilion. |
| v. (communication) | 13. color, colour, gloss | give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.; "color a lie" |
| ~ apologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, justify, excuse | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" |
| v. (change) | 14. color, colour, discolor, discolour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| ~ blush, crimson, flush, redden | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" |
| ~ blanch, blench, pale | turn pale, as if in fear. |
| ~ bronze, tan | get a tan, from wind or sun. |
| ~ sunburn, burn | get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ white, whiten | turn white.; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" |
| ~ black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize | make or become black.; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" |
| ~ turn | change color.; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" |
| ~ silver | turn silver.; "The man's hair silvered very attractively" |
| ~ dye | color with dye.; "Please dye these shoes" |
| ~ redden | turn red or redder.; "The sky reddened" |
| ~ purple | become purple. |
| ~ gray, grey | turn grey.; "Her hair began to grey" |
| ~ yellow | turn yellow.; "The pages of the book began to yellow" |
| ~ tone | change the color or tone of.; "tone a negative" |
| ~ green | turn or become green.; "The trees are greening" |
| ~ blue | turn blue. |
| adj. | 15. color, colour | having or capable of producing colors.; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations" |
| ~ photography, picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs. |
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