colour

Plural: colours

Noun

• any material used for its color
• a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
• interest and variety and intensity
• the timbre of a musical sound
• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
• Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.

Verb

Verb Forms: coloured, colouring, colours

• To give color to something; to change its hue.
• modify or bias
• decorate with colors
• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
• affect as in thought or feeling
• add color to
• change color, often in an undesired manner
• Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.

Adjective

• having or capable of producing colors

Adj

• Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.

Examples

• He tried to COLOUR his opponent’s perception of his weak rack, but failed.

Synonyms

color, color in, coloration, coloring, coloring material, colorise, colorize, colour in, colouration, colouring, colouring material, colourise, colourize, discolor, discolour, distort, emblazon, gloss, people of color, people of colour, semblance, tinge, vividness

Antonyms

black-and-white, colorlessness, discolor

Related Words

colourimeter

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