color
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
he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
- 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
- 4
the timbre of a musical sound
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
- 5
interest and variety and intensity
the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
- 6
(physics) 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)
- 8
any material used for its color
she used a different color for the trim
verb
- 1
change color, often in an undesired manner
The shirts discolored
- 2
add color to
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
- 3
affect as in thought or feeling
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
- 4
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
color a lie
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