Meaning & Definition of Color in English
Color
noun
1. 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"
- color,
- colour,
- coloring,
- colouring
2. Interest and variety and intensity
- "The puritan period was lacking in color"
- "The characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
- color,
- colour,
- vividness
3. The timbre of a musical sound
- "The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
- color,
- colour,
- coloration,
- colouration
4. A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially blacks)
- color,
- colour,
- people of color,
- people of colour
5. 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"
- semblance,
- gloss,
- color,
- colour
6. Any material used for its color
- "She used a different color for the trim"
- coloring material,
- colouring material,
- color,
- colour
7. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- "Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
- color,
- colour
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
- color,
- colour
verb
1. Add color to
- "The child colored the drawings"
- "Fall colored the trees"
- "Colorize black and white film"
- color,
- colorize,
- colorise,
- colourise,
- colourize,
- colour,
- color in,
- colour in
2. Affect as in thought or feeling
- "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
- "The sadness tinged his life"
- tinge,
- color,
- colour,
- distort
3. Modify or bias
- "His political ideas color his lectures"
- color,
- colour
4. Decorate with colors
- "Color the walls with paint in warm tones"
- color,
- colour,
- emblazon
5. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- "Color a lie"
- color,
- colour,
- gloss
6. Change color, often in an undesired manner
- "The shirts discolored"
- discolor,
- discolour,
- colour,
- color
adjective
1. Having or capable of producing colors
- "Color film"
- "He rented a color television"
- "Marvelous color illustrations"
- color,
- colour