colour (
http://definr.com/colour)
adj : (photography) "color film"; "he rented a color television";
"in glorious color"; "marvelous color illustrations"
[syn:
color] [ant:
black-and-white]
n 1: any material used for its color [syn:
coloring material, {colouring
material},
color]
2: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race
(especially Blacks) [syn:
color,
people of color, {people
of colour}]
3: (high energy physics) the characteristic of quarks that
determines their role in the strong interaction; each
flavor of quarks comes in three colors [syn:
color]
4: interest and variety and intensity: "the Puritan Period was
lacking in color" [syn:
color,
vividness]
5: the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to
capture the true color of the original music" [syn:
color]
6: a visual attribute of things that results from the light
they emit or transmit or reflect; "white is made up of
many different wavelengths of light" [syn:
color,
coloring,
colouring] [ant:
colorlessness]
7: outward or token appearance or form; "he tried to give his
actions a semblance of authenticity"; "the situation soon
took on a different color" [syn:
semblance,
color]
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 [syn:
color]
v 1: modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
[syn:
color]
2: decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm
tones" [syn:
color,
emblazon]
3: gloss or excuse; "color a lie" [syn:
color,
gloss]
4: distort; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this
case" [syn:
color,
distort]
5: add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall
colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" [syn:
color,
colorize,
colorise,
colourise,
colourize,
color in,
colour in] [ant:
discolor]
6: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts
discolored" [syn:
discolor,
discolour,
color]