Meaning & Definition of Colour in English

1. Any material used for its color

• "She used a different color for the trim"

2. A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially blacks)

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

• "Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"

4. Interest and variety and intensity

• "The puritan period was lacking in color"

• "The characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"

5. The timbre of a musical sound

• "The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"

6. 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"

7. 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"

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

1. Modify or bias

• "His political ideas color his lectures"

2. Decorate with colors

• "Color the walls with paint in warm tones"

3. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

• "Color a lie"

4. Affect as in thought or feeling

• "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"

• "The sadness tinged his life"

5. Add color to

• "The child colored the drawings"

• "Fall colored the trees"

• "Colorize black and white film"

6. Change color, often in an undesired manner

• "The shirts discolored"

1. Having or capable of producing colors

• "Color film"

• "He rented a color television"

• "Marvelous color illustrations"