English dictionary
colour
adjectiveParts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having or capable of producing colors
noun
- the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
noun
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
noun
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
noun
- the timbre of a musical sound
noun
- interest and variety and intensity
noun
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
noun
- any material used for its color
verb
- change color, often in an undesired manner
verb
- add color to
verb
- affect as in thought or feeling
verb
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
verb
- decorate with colors
verb
- modify or bias
Example sentences
color film
he rented a color television
marvelous color illustrations
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
a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
she used a different color for the trim
The shirts discolored
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
colorize black and white film
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
color a lie
color the walls with paint in warm tones
His political ideas color his lectures