COLOUR
\kˈʌlə], \kˈʌlə], \k_ˈʌ_l_ə]\
Definitions of COLOUR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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
By James Champlin Fernald
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A flag, ensing, or standard; a badge.
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A property inherent in light, or the conditions under which it is transmitted, which gives to bodies different appearances to the eye; the hue or appearance of a body to the eye, or a quality of sensation, caused by the rays of light; paint; pigment; appearance of blood in the face; appearance; false show; pretence; kind; species; character.
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To dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain; to palliate; to give a specious appearance to; to make plansible; to exaggerate.
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To turn red; to blush. Primary colours, loosely, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet; strictly, red, green, and violet. Complementary colours, those that are wanting to make up white. Prismatic colours, those into which pure light is resolved when transmitted through a triangular glass prism. Water colours, such as are used in painting without being mixed with oil.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The hue or appearance that a body presents to the eye; dye or tinge; anything used to give or impart colour to a body; a paint; appearance to the mind; false show.
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A flag, standard, or ensign.
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To alter or change the outward appearance of any body or substance; to tinge; to dye; to give a specious appearance to; to make plausible; to blush.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] An inherent property in light, which gives to external objects different hues or shades when seen by the human eye; —any hue or tint as distinguished from white; —that which is used to give colour; paint;-- false show;disguise; —a flag or standard.
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The appearance of bodies to the eye, hue, die; the appearance of blood in - the face; the tint of the painter; the representation of any thing superficially examined; palliation ; appearance, appearance, falfe fhew; in the plural, a standard, an ensign of war.
By Thomas Sheridan
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