COLOR
\kˈʌlə], \kˈʌlə], \k_ˈʌ_l_ə]\
Definitions of COLOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
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interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
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a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
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change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
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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"
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(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
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affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
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having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
By Princeton University
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the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
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interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
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a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
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(photography) "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "in glorious color"; "marvelous color illustrations"
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change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Any hue distinguished from white or black.
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The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.
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That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
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That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
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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).
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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.
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To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.
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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.
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To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
By Oddity Software
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The hue or appearance that a body presents to the eye; a pigment or paint; complexion; redness.
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To impart a color to; tint; dye. Also, colour.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A property of light which causes bodies to have different appearances to the eye: the hue or appearance which bodies present to the eye: appearance of blood in the face: tint: paint: false show: kind:-pl. a flag, ensign, or standard: paints.
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To put color on: to stain: to paint: to set in a fair light: to exaggerate.
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To show color: to blush.
By Daniel Lyons
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A property of light; appearances produced by rays of different refrangibility; hue; paint; show; appearance.
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To give a color to.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To give a color to; dye; tint; stain.
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To modify; misrepresent.
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Colorable.
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Coloration.
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Any one of the hues of the rainbow, or a blending of those hues; loosely, any hue including black and white.
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A paint or pigment.
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An appearance; pretense; disguise.
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An ensign, flag, or badge.
By James Champlin Fernald
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