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color > 15 senses
ADJECTIVE1color, colourHaving or capable of producing colors
NOUN1color, colour, coloring, colouringA visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
2color, colour, vividnessInterest and variety and intensity
3color, colour, coloration, colourationThe timbre of a musical sound
4color, colour, people of color, people of colourA race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
5color, semblance, gloss, colourAn outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
6color, coloring material, colouring material, colourAny material used for its color
7color, colour(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
8color, colourThe appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
VERB1color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour inAdd color to
2color, tinge, colour, distortAffect as in thought or feeling
3color, colourModify or bias
4color, colour, emblazonDecorate with colors
5color, colour, glossGloss or excuse
6color, discolor, discolour, colourChange color, often in an undesired manner
color > pronunciation
Soundskah'ler; kao'ler
Rhymesalveolar, ambler, angler, and 233 more rhymes in ler at the HyperDic website...
color > adjective
MeaningHaving or capable of producing colors.
Examples"color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
Synonymscolour
Categoryphotography, picture taking
Contraryblack-and-white, black and white
color > noun 1, attribute
MeaningA visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.
Examples"a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
Synonymscolour, coloring, colouring
Attributescolored, coloured, colorful; uncolored, uncoloured
Narrowerheather mixture, heather; shade, tint, tincture, tone; chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour; achromatic color, achromatic colour; coloration, colouration; complexion, skin color, skin colour; nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, dithered color, dithered colour
Broadervisual property
Contrarycolorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism
Adjectiveschromatic
Verbscolor; color, colorize; color
color > noun 2, attribute
MeaningInterest and variety and intensity.
Examples"the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
Synonymscolour, vividness
Attributescolorful, colourful; colorless, colourless
Broaderinterest, interestingness
color > noun 3, attribute
MeaningThe timbre of a musical sound.
Examples"the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
Synonymscolour, coloration, colouration
Broadertimbre, timber, quality, tone
color > noun 4, group
MeaningA race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks).
Synonymscolour, people of color, people of colour
Membersperson of color, person of colour
Broaderrace
color > noun 5, attribute
MeaningAn outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.
Examples"the situation soon took on a different color"
Synonymssemblance, gloss, colour
Narrowercolor of law, colour of law; simulacrum; face value; guise, pretense, pretence, pretext; disguise, camouflage; verisimilitude
Broaderappearance, visual aspect
color > noun 6, substance
MeaningAny material used for its color.
Examples"she used a different color for the trim"
Synonymscoloring material, colouring material, colour
Narrowerpaint; indicator; mordant; dye, dyestuff; tincture; hematochrome; pigment; stain
Broadermaterial, stuff
color > noun 7, cognition
Meaning(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction. Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors.
Synonymscolour
Categoryparticle physics, high-energy physics, high energy physics
Broaderkind, sort, form, variety
color > noun 8, attribute
MeaningThe appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation.
Synonymscolour
Broaderappearance, visual aspect
color > verb 1, change
MeaningAdd color to.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
ModelThey color their hair
Examples"The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
Synonymscolorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
Narrowerblackwash; motley, parti-color; polychrome, polychromize, polychromise; azure; purple, empurple, purpurate; aurify; verdigris; pinkify; incarnadine; embrown; handcolour; pigment; retouch; silver; gray, grey; tone; redden; mottle, streak, blotch
Broaderchange, alter, modify
Contrarydiscolor
Nounscoloration; coloring; color, coloring
color > verb 2, communication
MeaningAffect as in thought or feeling.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
Synonymstinge, colour, distort
Broaderaffect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
color > verb 3, social
MeaningModify or bias.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"His political ideas color his lectures"
Synonymscolour
Broaderinfluence, act upon, work
color > verb 4, creation
MeaningDecorate with colors.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"color the walls with paint in warm tones"
Synonymscolour, emblazon
Narrowerminiate
Broaderdecorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Nounscoloration; colorist; color
color > verb 5, communication
MeaningGloss or excuse.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"color a lie"
Synonymscolour, gloss
Broaderapologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
color > verb 6, change
MeaningChange color, often in an undesired manner.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s
Examples"The shirts discolored"
Synonymsdiscolor, discolour, colour
Caused bydiscolor
Narrowerblush, crimson, flush, redden; pale, blanch, blench; tan, bronze; sunburn, burn; whiten, white; blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black; turn; silver; dye; redden; purple; gray, grey; yellow; tone; green; blue
Broaderchange
Nounscolor; coloring

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