color, colour
(adjective) having or capable of producing colors; “color film”; “he rented a color television”; “marvelous color illustrations”
color, colour
(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
semblance, gloss, color, colour
(noun) 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”; “the situation soon took on a different color”
color, colour, coloring, colouring
(noun) 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”
color, colour, coloration, colouration
(noun) the timbre of a musical sound; “the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”
color, colour, vividness
(noun) interest and variety and intensity; “the Puritan Period was lacking in color”; “the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness”
color, colour
(noun) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; “each flavor of quarks comes in three colors”
discolor, discolour, colour, color
(verb) change color, often in an undesired manner; “The shirts discolored”
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
(verb) add color to; “The child colored the drawings”; “Fall colored the trees”; “colorize black and white film”
color, colour, gloss
(verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; “color a lie”
color, colour, emblazon
(verb) decorate with colors; “color the walls with paint in warm tones”
color, colour
(verb) modify or bias; “His political ideas color his lectures”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
colour (countable and uncountable, plural colours)
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and United Kingdom standard spelling of color.
colour (not comparable)
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and United Kingdom standard spelling of color.
colour (third-person singular simple present colours, present participle colouring, simple past and past participle coloured)
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and United Kingdom standard spelling of color.
• courol, ur-cool
Source: Wiktionary
Col"our, n.
Definition: See Color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
