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