color meaning and definition

COLOR noun

Definition of color (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: coloring, colour, colouring
   • antonym: achromaticity
2. interest and variety and intensity
   • "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
   • synonyms: colour, vividness
3. the timbre of a musical sound
   • "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
   • synonyms: coloration, colour, colouration
4. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
   • synonyms: colour, people of color, people of colour
5. 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"
   • synonyms: colour, gloss, semblance
6. any material used for its color
   • "she used a different color for the trim"
   • synonyms: coloring material, colour, colouring material
7. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
   • "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
   • synonyms: colour
8. 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

COLOR verb

Definition of color (verb)

1. add color to
   • "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
   • synonyms: color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
   • antonym: discolor
2. affect as in thought or feeling
   • "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
   • synonyms: colour, distort, tinge
3. modify or bias
   • "His political ideas color his lectures"
   • synonyms: colour
4. decorate with colors
   • "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
   • synonyms: colour, emblazon
5. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   • "color a lie"
   • synonyms: colour, gloss
6. change color, often in an undesired manner
   • "The shirts discolored"
   • synonyms: colour, discolor, discolour

COLOR adjective

Definition of color (adjective)

1. having or capable of producing colors
   • "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
   • synonyms: colour
   • antonym: black and white