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Colour — synonyms, definition

1. colour (Noun) Brit, Cdn

51 synonym
attitude banner braid brilliance cast circumstances color coloration coloring coloring material colouration colouring colouring material complexion dash deception decoration deportment disguise dye • • •
8 definitions

colour (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"

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

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

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

colour (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"

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

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

colour (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.

16 types of
appearance form interest interestingness kind material quality race sort stuff timber timbre tone variety visual aspect visual property
43 types
achromatic color achromatic colour camouflage chromatic color chromatic colour color of law coloration colour of law colouration complexion disguise dithered color dithered colour dye dyestuff face value guise heather heather mixture hematochrome • • •
2 parts
person of color person of colour
8 see also
colored colorful colorless coloured colourful colourless uncolored uncoloured

2. colour (Verb) Brit, Cdn

54 synonyms
angle belie bend bias bleach bloom blush color in colorise colorize colour in colourise colourize corrupt crimson daub deceive discolor discolour disguise • • •
6 definitions

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 types of
act upon adorn affect alter apologise apologize bear on bear upon beautify change decorate embellish excuse grace impact influence justify modify ornament rationalise • • •
57 types
aurify azure black blacken blackwash blanch blench blotch blue blush bronze brown burn crimson dye embrown empurple flush gray green • • •

3. colour (Adjective) Brit, Cdn

1 definition

colour (Adjective) — (photography) having or capable of producing colours. ex. "colour film" ex. "he rented a colour television" ex. "marvellous colour illustrations"