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colour

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01adjective

having or capable of producing colors

“color film”

“he rented a color television”

02noun

any material used for its color

“she used a different color for the trim”

03noun

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

“each flavor of quarks comes in three colors”

04noun

interest and variety and intensity

“the Puritan Period was lacking in color”

“the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness”

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05noun

the timbre of a musical sound

“the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”

06noun

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”

07noun

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”

08noun

the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

09verb

modify or bias

“His political ideas color his lectures”

10verb

decorate with colors

“color the walls with paint in warm tones”

11verb

give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

“color a lie”

12verb

affect as in thought or feeling

“My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”

“The sadness tinged his life”

13verb

add color to

“The child colored the drawings”

“Fall colored the trees”

14verb

change color, often in an undesired manner

“The shirts discolored”

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