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color

adjective
  1. having or capable of producing colors
    “I have an extra roll of color film.”
noun
  1. the appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness or brightness and saturation
  2. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
    semblancegloss
  3. 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.”
    colouringcoloring
  4. the timbre of a musical sound
    “The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music.”
    coloration
  5. interest and variety and intensity
    “The Puritan Period was lacking in color.”
    vividness
  6. the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
    “Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors.”
  7. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race, especially Blacks
    people of colorpeople of colour
  8. any material used for its color
    “I used a different color for the trim.”
    coloring materialcolouring material
verb
  1. to change color, often in an undesired manner
    “The shirts discolored.”
    discolordiscolour
  2. to add color to
    “The child colored the drawings.”
    colorisecolorizecolourisecolourizecolor incolour in
  3. to affect as in thought or feeling
    “My personal feelings color my judgment in this case.”
    tingedistort
  4. to give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
    “Don't color a lie.”
    gloss
  5. to decorate with colors
    “I colored the walls with warm tones.”
    emblazon
  6. to modify or bias
    “Their political ideas color their lectures.”