colour meaning and definition

COLOUR noun

Definition of colour (noun)

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

COLOUR verb

Definition of colour (verb)

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

COLOUR adjective

Definition of colour (adjective)

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