Colours — synonyms, definition

1. colours (Noun) Brit, Cdn

colorations coloring material* colorings colors colourations colouring material* colourings glosses peoples of color peoples of colour semblances vividnesses

colours (Noun) — A flag that shows its nationality.

colours (Noun) — A distinguishing emblem. ex. "his tie proclaimed his school colours"

colours (Noun) — A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit, transmit or reflect. ex. "a white colour is made up of many different wavelengths of light"

colours (Noun) — Interest and variety and intensity. ex. "the Puritan Period was lacking in colour"

colours (Noun) — The timbre of a musical sound. ex. "the recording fails to capture the true colour of the original music"

colours (Noun) — A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks).

colours (Noun) — An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading. ex. "the situation soon took on a different colour" ex. "he hoped his claims would have a colour of authenticity"

colours (Noun) — Any material used for its colour. ex. "she used a different colour for the trim"

colours (Noun) — (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction. ex. "each flavour of quarks comes in three colours"

colours (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.

appearances emblem flag forms interestingnesses interests kinds materials qualities races sorts stuffs timbers timbres tones varieties visual aspect* visual property* achromatic color* achromatic colour* camouflages chromatic color* chromatic colour* colorations colors of law colourations colours of law complexions disguises dithered color* dithered colour* dyes dyestuffs ensign face value* guises heather mixture* heathers • • • person of color person of colour colored colorful colorless coloured colourful colourless uncolored uncoloured

2. colours (Verb) Brit, Cdn

colorises colorizes colors in colourises colourizes colours in discolors discolours distorts emblazons tinges

colours (Verb) — Add colour to. ex. "The child coloured the drawings" ex. "Fall coloured the trees" ex. "The child coloured in the drawings"

colours (Verb) — Affect as in thought or feeling. ex. "My personal feelings colour my judgment in this case" ex. "The sadness coloured his life"

colours (Verb) — Modify or bias. ex. "His political ideas colour his lectures"

colours (Verb) — Decorate with colours. ex. "colour the walls with paint in warm tones"

colours (Verb) — Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for. ex. "colour a lie"

colours (Verb) — Change colour, often in an undesired manner. ex. "The shirts coloured"

acts upon adorns affects alters apologises apologizes bears on bears upon beautifies changes decorates embellishes excuses graces impacts influences justifies modifies ornaments rationalises • • • Burns aurifies azures blackens blacks blackwashes blanches blenches blotches blues blushes bronzes browns crimsons dyes embrowns empurples flushes grays greens • • •