color

Meaning of color

noun
  1. the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.
    the lights flickered and changed colour
  2. pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.
    discrimination on the basis of colour
  3. vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things.
    for colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies
  4. an item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team.
    it was Devon Loch's first victory in the colours of his royal owner
    it will be strange running on to the pitch in another team's colours
  5. a shade of meaning.
    many events in her past had taken on a different colour
  6. a quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour.
verb
  1. change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.
    he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades
  2. (of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush.
    she coloured slightly
  3. influence, especially in a negative way; distort.
    the experiences had coloured her whole existence

Middle English: from Old French colour (noun), colourer (verb), from Latin color (noun), colorare (verb).

Information about color

Hyphenation of color

color

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • color is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

color synonyms

Meaning colour:

colour, coloring, vividness, coloration, emblazon, gloss

Meaning semblance:

semblance, gloss, colour

Meaning coloring material:

colour

Meaning colorize:

colorize, colour

Meaning tinge:

tinge, colour, distort

Meaning discolor:

discolor, colour

Meaning a colour or shade:

hue

Meaning a colour, especially with regard to how light or dark it is or as distinguished from one nearly like it:

shade

Meaning a shade or variety of a colour:

tint

Meaning a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength:

tone

Meaning an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould:

cast

Meaning a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol:

tincture

Meaning the natural colour, texture, and appearance of a person's skin, especially of the face:

complexion

Meaning the natural colouring of animal or plant tissue:

pigmentation

Meaning a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course:

race

Meaning the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution:

stock

Meaning add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye:

dye

Meaning colour (something) with or as if with pigment:

pigment

Meaning colour (a material or object) by applying a penetrative dye or chemical:

stain

Meaning cover the surface of (something) with paint:

paint

Meaning show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face:

blush

Meaning (of a person) blush:

redden

Meaning (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion:

flush

Meaning (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment:

crimson

Meaning have an influence on:

influence

Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:

affect

Meaning present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way:

slant

Meaning contaminate or pollute (something):

taint

Meaning distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something):

pervert

Meaning make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:

warp

Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:

twist

Meaning suddenly change direction or position:

skew

Meaning cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something:

bias

Meaning give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased:

prejudice

Meaning prove harmful or destructive to:

poison

color antonyms

Meaning become pale in one's face from shock or fear:

pale

Translation of color

Anagrams of color

cloro, crool

Words that rhyme with color

Olor, Technicolor, Tricolor, arenicolor, becolor, bicolor, concolor, cuticolor, decolor, discolor, encolor, handcolor, incolor, miscolor, multicolor, noncolor, overcolor, precolor, recolor, stammelcolor, technicolor, transcolor, tricolor, undercolor, unicolor, versicolor, watercolor, Adolor, Endolor, Phytodolor, dolor

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