Colour - Definition

adj 1: having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he
rented a color television"; "marvelous color
illustrations" [syn: color, colour] [ant: black and
white(p), black-and-white]
n 1: any material used for its color; "she used a different
color for the trim" [syn: coloring material, colouring
material, color, colour]
2: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race
(especially Blacks) [syn: color, colour, people of
color, people of colour]
3: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their
role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes
in three colors" [syn: color, colour]
4: interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was
lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with
exceptional vividness" [syn: color, colour, vividness]
5: the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to
capture the true color of the original music" [syn: color,
colour, coloration, colouration]
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" [syn: color, colour,
coloring, colouring] [ant: achromaticity,
achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness]
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" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour]
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 [syn: color, colour]
v 1: modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
[syn: color, colour]
2: decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm
tones" [syn: color, colour, emblazon]
3: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
[syn: color, colour, gloss]
4: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color
my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
[syn: tinge, color, colour, distort]
5: add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored
the trees"; "colorize black and white film" [syn: color,
colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour,
color in, colour in] [ant: discolor]
6: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts
discolored" [syn: discolor, discolour, colour, color]