color
colors colored coloring
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"
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2. interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
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3. the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
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4. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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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"
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6. any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
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7. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
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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
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Verb
1. add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
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2. affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
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3. modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
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4. decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
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5. gloss or excuse; "color a lie"
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6. change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
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Adjective
1. having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
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