colour

nouns

any material used for its color
"she used a different color for the trim"
color, coloring material, colour, colouring material
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
color, colour, people of color, people of colour
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
"each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
color, colour
interest and variety and intensity
"the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
color, colour, vividness
the timbre of a musical sound
"the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
color, coloration, colour, colouration
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"
color, coloring, colour, colouring
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"
color, colour, gloss, semblance
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
color, colour

verbs

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

adjectives

having or capable of producing colors
"color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
color, colour