All colour synonyms
colΒ·our
C c verb colour
- crayon β A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.
- crimson β Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.
- daub β When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way.
- flush β a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
- fresco β A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
- gild β to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
- glaze β to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.
- gloss β an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- imbue β to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- lacquer β a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- redden β to make or cause to become red.
- rouge β any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- stipple β to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
- suffuse β to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- tone β (Theobald) Wolfe, 1763β98, Irish nationalist and martyr for independence.
- variegate β to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
- pinken β to grow or turn pink.
- affect β If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- influence β the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- modify β to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- alter β If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- slant β to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- distort β to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- belie β If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- magnify β to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- taint β the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
- warp β OS/2
- angle β An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- falsify β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- fudge β a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
- garble β to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
- misrepresent β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- misstate β to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- overstate β to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- pad β Packet Assembler/Disassembler
- pervert β to affect with perversion.
- prejudice β an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- twist β to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- cook up β If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it.
- gloss over β an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
adjective colour
- platinum β Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20Β°C.
- blond β (of men's hair) of a light colour; fair
- flaxen β made of flax.