Meaning of color in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  4. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈkələr/

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  1. Verb

    color

    Definitions

    1. add color to

    Examples

    • « The child colored the drawings »
    • « Fall colored the trees »
    • « colorize black and white film »

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  2. 2. affect as in thought or feeling

    Examples

    • « My personal feelings color my judgment in this case »
    • « The sadness tinged his life »
  3. 3. modify or bias

    Examples

    • « His political ideas color his lectures »

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  4. 4. decorate with colors

    Examples

    • « color the walls with paint in warm tones »

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  5. 5. gloss or excuse

    Examples

    • « color a lie »

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  6. 6. change color, often in an undesired manner

    Examples

    • « The shirts discolored »

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  7. Noun

    color

    Etymology

    Middle English: from Old French colour (noun), colourer (verb), from Latin color (noun), colorare (verb)

    Definitions

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

    Examples

    • « a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light »

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  8. 2. interest and variety and intensity

    Examples

    • « the Puritan Period was lacking in color »
  9. 3. the timbre of a musical sound

    Examples

    • « the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music »
  10. 4. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
  11. 5. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

    Examples

    • « 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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  12. 6. any material used for its color

    Examples

    • « she used a different color for the trim »

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

    Examples

    • « each flavor of quarks comes in three colors »
  14. 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

  15. Qualitative Adjective

    color

    Definitions

    1. having or capable of producing colors

    Examples

    • « color film »
    • « he rented a color television »
    • « marvelous color illustrations »

    Antonyms

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