color

(noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect. Synonyms: colour, coloring, colouring. Example: "A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light."

(noun) interest and variety and intensity. Synonyms: colour, vividness. Examples: "The puritan period was lacking in color." "The characters were delineated with exceptional vividness."

(noun) the timbre of a musical sound. Synonyms: colour, coloration, colouration. Example: "The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music."

(noun) a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks). Synonyms: colour, people of color, people of colour.

(noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading. Synonyms: semblance, gloss, colour. Examples: "He hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity." "He tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction." "The situation soon took on a different color."

(noun) any material used for its color. Synonyms: coloring material, colouring material, colour. Example: "She used a different color for the trim."

(noun) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction. Synonyms: colour. Example: "Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors."

(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. Synonyms: colour.

(verb) add color to. Synonyms: colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in. Examples: "The child colored the drawings." "Fall colored the trees." "Colorize black and white film."

(verb) affect as in thought or feeling. Synonyms: tinge, colour, distort. Examples: "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case." "The sadness tinged his life."

(verb) modify or bias. Synonyms: colour. Example: "His political ideas color his lectures."

(verb) decorate with colors. Synonyms: colour, emblazon. Example: "Color the walls with paint in warm tones."

(verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for. Synonyms: colour, gloss. Example: "Color a lie."

(verb) change color, often in an undesired manner. Synonyms: discolor, discolour, colour. Example: "The shirts discolored."

(adj) having or capable of producing colors. Synonyms: color (vs. black-and-white), colour. Examples: "Color film." "He rented a color television." "Marvelous color illustrations."