colour
1. 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, coloring, colouring
• Ant:
colorlessness (for: color)
• Derivationally related forms:
colour (for: colouring), color (for: coloring), colorist (for: color), color (for: color), colorize (for: color)
• Hypernyms:
visual property
• Hyponyms:
primary color, primary colour, heather mixture, heather, mottle,
shade, tint, tincture, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour,
spectral color, spectral colour, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration,
colouration, skin color, skin colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour,
dithered color, dithered colour
• Attrubites:
colored, coloured, colorful, uncolored, uncoloured
2. interest and variety and intensity
- the Puritan Period was lacking in color
- the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
• Syn:
color, vividness
• Derivationally related forms:
vivid (for: vividness)
• Hypernyms:
interest, interestingness
• Attrubites:
colorful, colourful, colorless, colourless
3. the timbre of a musical sound
- the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
• Syn:
color, coloration, colouration
• Hypernyms:
timbre, timber, quality, tone
4. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
• Syn:
color, people of color, people of colour
• Hypernyms:
race
• Member Meronyms:
person of color, person of colour
5. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
gloss (for: gloss)
• Hypernyms:
appearance, visual aspect
• Hyponyms:
color of law, colour of law, simulacrum, face value, guise,
pretense, pretence, pretext, disguise, camouflage, verisimilitude
6. any material used for its color
- she used a different color for the trim
• Syn:
coloring material, colouring material, color
• Derivationally related forms:
colorist (for: color)
• Hypernyms:
material, stuff
• Hyponyms:
paint, pigment, indicator, mordant, dye,
dyestuff, tincture, hematochrome, stain
7. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
• Syn:
color
• Topics:
particle physics, high-energy physics, high energy physics
• Hypernyms:
kind, sort, form, variety
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
• Derivationally related forms:
colorist (for: color)
• Hypernyms:
appearance, visual aspect
1. add color to
- The child colored the drawings
- Fall colored the trees
- colorize black and white film
• Syn:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
color in, colour in
• Ant:
discolor (for: color)
• Derivationally related forms:
colouring, color (for: colorize), coloration (for: color), color (for: color), coloring (for: color)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
blackwash, motley, parti-color, polychrome, polychromize,
polychromise, azure, purple, empurple, purpurate, aurify,
verdigris, pinkify, incarnadine, embrown, brown, handcolor,
handcolour, tint, tinct, tinge, touch, pigment,
imbue, hue, retouch, silver, grey, gray,
tone, redden, mottle, streak, blotch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. affect as in thought or feeling
- My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
- The sadness tinged his life
• Syn:
tinge, color, distort
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. modify or bias
- His political ideas color his lectures
• Syn:
color
• Hypernyms:
influence, act upon, work
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. decorate with colors
- color the walls with paint in warm tones
• Syn:
color, emblazon
• Derivationally related forms:
colorist (for: color), coloration (for: color), color (for: color)
• Hypernyms:
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
• Hyponyms:
miniate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- color a lie
• Syn:
color, gloss
• Derivationally related forms:
gloss (for: gloss)
• Hypernyms:
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. change color, often in an undesired manner
- The shirts discolored
• Syn:
discolor, discolour, color
• Derivationally related forms:
color (for: color), coloring (for: color), colouring, discolouration (for: discolour), discoloration (for: discolor)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
blush, crimson, flush, redden, pale,
blanch, blench, tan, bronze, sunburn, burn,
whiten, white, blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify,
black, turn, silver, dye, purple, grey,
gray, yellow, tone, green, blue
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
having or capable of producing colors (Freq. 1)
- color film
- he rented a color television
- marvelous color illustrations
• Syn:
color
• Ant:
black-and-white (for: color)
• Topics:
photography, picture taking
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