1.  color(n = noun.attribute) coloring, colour, colouring - 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"
is a kind of visual property
has particulars: primary color, primary colour, heather, heather mixture, mottle, shade, tincture, tint, tone, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour, achromatic color, achromatic colour, coloration, colouration, complexion, skin color, skin colour, dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour
Antonym: colorlessness
Derived forms verb color₆, verb color₁, verb color₄, noun colorist₁, verb colorize₁

2.  color(n = noun.attribute) colour, vividness - interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
is a kind of interest, interestingness

3.  color(n = noun.attribute) coloration, colour, colouration - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
is a kind of quality, timber, timbre, tone

4.  color(n = noun.group) colour, people of color, people of colour - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks);
is a kind of race

5.  color(n = noun.attribute) colour, gloss, semblance - 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"
is a kind of appearance, visual aspect
has particulars: color of law, colour of law, simulacrum, face value, guise, pretence, pretense, pretext, camouflage, disguise, verisimilitude

6.  color(n = noun.substance) coloring material, colour, colouring material - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
is a kind of material, stuff
has particulars: paint, pigment, indicator, mordant, dye, dyestuff, tincture, hematochrome, pigment, pigment, stain
Derived form noun colorist₁

7.  color(n = noun.cognition) colour - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
is a kind of form, kind, sort, variety

8.  color(n = noun.attribute) colour - the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation;
is a kind of appearance, visual aspect
Derived form noun colorist₁

1.  color(v = verb.change) color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Antonym: discolor
Derived forms noun color₁, noun coloration₃, noun coloring₂, noun coloring₁
Sample sentences: They color their hair

2.  color(v = verb.communication) colour, distort, tinge - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
is one way to affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

3.  color(v = verb.social) colour - modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
is one way to act upon, influence, work
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

4.  color(v = verb.creation) colour, emblazon - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
is one way to adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
Derived forms noun color₁, noun coloration₃, noun colorist₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

5.  color(v = verb.communication) colour, gloss - give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
is one way to apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

6.  color(v = verb.change) colour, discolor, discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
is one way to change
Derived forms noun color₁, noun coloring₃
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

   color(a = adj.all) colour - having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
Antonym: black-and-white

1.  A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc. [1913 Webster]
" The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them." [1913 Webster]

2.  Any hue distinguished from white or black. [1913 Webster]

3.  The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. [1913 Webster]
"Give color to my pale cheek." [1913 Webster]

4.  That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors. [1913 Webster]

5.  That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. [1913 Webster]
"They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship." [1913 Webster]
"That he should die is worthy policy;
But yet we want a color for his death." [1913 Webster]

6.  Shade or variety of character; kind; species. [1913 Webster]
"Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color." [1913 Webster]

7.  A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey). [1913 Webster]
"In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental." [1913 Webster]

8.  An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
" Color is express when it is averred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading." [1913 Webster]

1.  To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain. [1913 Webster]
"The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color." [1913 Webster]

2.  To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices. [1913 Webster]
"He colors the falsehood of Æneas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen." [1913 Webster]

3.  To hide. [1913 Webster]
"That by his fellowship he color might
Both his estate and love from skill of any wight." [1913 Webster]

   To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush. [1913 Webster]

color, etc. US var. of COLOUR etc.

N  pretext, pretense, pretension, plea, allegation, advocation, ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason, excuse, subterfuge, color, gloss, guise, cover, loop hole, starting hole, how to creep out of, salvo, come off, way of escape, handle, peg to hang on, room locus standi, stalking-horse, cheval de bataille, cue, pretense, put off, dust thrown in the eyes, blind, moonshine, mere pretext, shallow pretext, lame excuse, lame apology, tub to a whale, false plea, sour grapes, makeshift, shift, white lie, special pleading, soft sawder, ostensibly, alleged, apologetic, pretended, ostensibly, under color, under the plea, under the pretense of, under the guise of.

VB  resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception, take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon, ne pas entendre raillerie, breathe revenge, cut up rough, fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion, bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up, open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath, pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap, redden, color, look black, look black as thunder, look daggers, bite one's thumb, show one's teeth, grind one's teeth, champ the bit, champ at the bit, chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire, boil, boil over, boil with indignation, boil with rage, rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen, lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage, burst with anger, raise Cain, have a fling at, bear malice, cause anger, raise anger, affront, offend, give offense, give umbrage, anger, hurt the feelings, insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique, excite, irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile, sting, sting to the quick, rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath, stick in one's gizzard, rankle, hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw, put out of countenance, put out of humor, put one's monkey up, put one's back up, raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler, work up into a passion, make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle, throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad, lash into fury, lash into madness, fool to the top of one's bent, set by the ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.

N  color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective, chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy, chromatism, chromatography, chromatology, prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments), pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain, medium, mordant, oil paint, colored, colorific, tingent, tinctorial, chromatic, prismatic, full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored, doubly-dyed, polychromatic, chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh, unfaded, rich, gorgeous, gay, gaudy, florid, gay, garish, rainbow-colored, multihued, showy, flaunting, flashy, raw, crude, glaring, flaring, discordant, inharmonious, mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.

VB  color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue, paint.

N  blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning.

N  redness, red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du Barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, Indian red, light red, Venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush, red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy.

N  appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en sc ne, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy, outside, apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view, apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye, editio princeps.

N  probability, likelihood, credibleness, likeliness, vraisemblance, verisimilitude, plausibility, color, semblance, show of, presumption, presumptive evidence, circumstantial evidence, credibility, reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance, reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect, prospect, wellgrounded hope, chance, probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way, plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato, well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent, probably, belike, in all probability, in all likelihood, very likely, most likely, like enough, odds on, odds in favor, ten to one, apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation, prim=a facie, to all appearance, the chances, the odds are, appearances are in favor of, chances are in favor of, there is reason to believe, there is reason to think, there is reason to expect, I dare say, all Lombard Street to a China orange.

VB  be false, be a liar, speak falsely, tell a lie, lie, fib, lie like a trooper, swear false, forswear, perjure oneself, bear false witness, misstate, misquote, miscite, misreport, misrepresent, belie, falsify, pervert, distort, put a false construction upon (misinterpret), prevaricate, equivocate, quibble, palter, palter to the understanding, repondre en Normand, trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose, garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to, give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon, color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider, varnish right and puzzle wrong, exaggerate, blague, invent, fabricate, trump up, get up, force, fake, hatch, concoct, romance, cry 'wolf!', dissemble, dissimulate, feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe, play possum, play false, play a double game, coquet, act a part, play a part, affect, simulate, pass off for, counterfeit, sham, make a show of, malinger, say the grapes are sour, cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror, hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors, commend the poisoned chalice to the lips, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, deceive.

VB  exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate, amplify, overestimate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise, make over much, over the most of, strain, strain over a point, stretch, stretch a point, go great lengths, spin a long yarn, draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow, deal in the marvelous, out-Herod Herod, run riot, talk at random, heighten, overcolor, color highly, color too highly, broder, flourish, color, puff.

VB  paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up, color, dead color, wash, varnish, draw in pencil, paint in oils, stencil, depict.

achromatic color, change of color, chromatic color, color bar, color bearer, color blind, color blindness, color chart, color circle, color code, color constancy, color force, color guard, color in, color line, color of law, color property, color scheme, color sergeant, color spectrum, color television, color television system, color television tube, color tube, color tv, color tv tube, color vision, color vision deficiency, color wash, color wheel, complementary color, copper color, dithered color, earth color, field-sequential color television, field-sequential color television system, field-sequential color tv, field-sequential color tv system, food color, isabel color, isabella color, local color, nonsolid color, off color, oil color, parti color, people of color, person of color, poster color, red-green color blindness, ring of color, skin color, spectral color, vat color, water color, yellow-blue color blindness