ALL meanings of colour
col·our
C c - countable noun colour The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours. 3
- variable noun colour A colour is a substance you use to give something a particular colour. Dyes and make-up are sometimes referred to as colours. 3
- verb colour If you colour something, you use something such as dyes or paint to change its colour. 3
- verb colour If someone colours, their face becomes redder than it normally is, usually because they are embarrassed. 3
- countable noun colour Someone's colour is the colour of their skin. People often use colour in this way to refer to a person's race. 3
- adjective colour A colour television, photograph, or picture is one that shows things in all their colours, and not just in black, white, and grey. 3
- uncountable noun colour Colour is a quality that makes something especially interesting or exciting. 3
- verb colour If something colours your opinion, it affects the way that you think about something. 3
- noun plural colour A country's national colours are the colours of its national flag. 3
- noun plural colour People sometimes refer to the flag of a particular part of an army, navy, or air force, or the flag of a particular country as its colours. 3
- noun plural colour A sports team's colours are the colours of the clothes they wear when they play. 3
- noun colour an attribute of things that results from the light they reflect, transmit, or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengths 3
- noun colour the aspect of visual perception by which an observer recognizes this attribute 3
- noun colour the quality of the light producing this aspect of visual perception 3
- noun colour (as modifier) 3
- noun colour a colour, such as red or green, that possesses hue, as opposed to achromatic colours such as white or black 3
- noun colour a substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts colour to something 3
- noun colour the skin complexion of a person, esp as determined by race 3
- noun colour the use of all the hues in painting as distinct from composition, form, and light and shade 3
- noun colour the quantity and quality of ink used in a printing process 3
- noun colour the distinctive tone of a musical sound; timbre 3
- noun colour vividness, authenticity, or individuality 3
- noun colour semblance or pretext (esp in the phrases take on a different colour, under colour of) 3
- noun colour a precious mineral particle, esp gold, found in auriferous gravel 3
- noun colour one of three characteristics of quarks, designated red, blue, or green, but having no relationship with the physical sensation 3
- verb colour to give or apply colour to (something) 3
- verb colour to give a convincing or plausible appearance to (something, esp to that which is spoken or recounted) 3
- verb colour to influence or distort (something, esp a report or opinion) 3
- verb colour to become red in the face, esp when embarrassed or annoyed 3
- verb colour (esp of ripening fruit) to change hue 3
- abbreviation COLOUR color 3
- noun colour (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light. 1
- noun colour the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue. 1
- noun colour the natural appearance of the skin, especially of the face; complexion: She has a lovely color. 1
- noun colour a ruddy complexion: The wind and sun had given color to the sailor's face. 1
- noun colour a blush: His remarks brought the color to her face. 1
- noun colour vivid or distinctive quality, as of a literary work: Melville's description of a whaling voyage is full of color. 1
- noun colour details in description, customs, speech, habits, etc., of a place or period: The novel takes place in New Orleans and contains much local color. 1
- noun colour something that is used for coloring; pigment; paint; tint; dye. 1
- noun colour background information, as anecdotes about players or competitors or analyses of plays, strategy, or performance, given by a sportscaster to heighten interest in a sportscast. 1
- noun colour colors. any distinctive color or combination or pattern of colors, especially of a badge, ribbon, uniform, or the like, worn or displayed as a symbol of or to identify allegiance to, membership in, or sponsorship by a school, group, or organization. nature, viewpoint, or attitude; character; personality: His behavior in a crisis revealed his true colors. a flag, ensign, etc., particularly the national flag. U.S. Navy. the ceremony of hoisting the national flag at 8 a.m. and of lowering it at sunset. 1
- noun colour skin complexion of a particular people or ethnic group, especially when other than white: a person of color; people of color; a man of color; alumni of color; children of color. 1
- noun colour outward appearance or aspect; guise or show: It was a lie, but it had the color of the truth. 1
- noun colour a pretext: She did it under the color of doing a good deed. 1
- noun colour Painting. the general use or effect of the pigments in a picture. 1
- noun colour Phonetics. timbre. 1
- noun colour Chiefly Law. an apparent or prima facie right or ground: to hold possession under color of title. 1
- noun colour Music. tone color. 1
- noun colour a trace or particle of valuable mineral, especially gold, as shown by washing auriferous gravel. 1
- noun colour Physics. any of the labels red, green, or blue that designate the three states in which quarks are expected to exist, or any of the corresponding labels for antiquark states. Compare quantum chromodynamics, quark model. 1