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adjective
- having or capable of producing colors
Color film.
He rented a color television.
Marvelous color illustrations.
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noun
- any material used for its color
She used a different color for the trim.
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- a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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- (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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- interest and variety and intensity
The Puritan Period was lacking in color.
The characters were delineated with exceptional vividness.
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- the timbre of a musical sound
The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music.
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- See Color.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- modify or bias
His political ideas color his lectures.
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- decorate with colors
Color the walls with paint in warm tones.
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- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
Color a lie.
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- affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case.
The sadness tinged his life.
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- add color to
The child colored the drawings.
Fall colored the trees.
Colorize black and white film.
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- change color, often in an undesired manner
The shirts discolored.
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