1. (noun)color, colour, coloring, colouring 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"
2. (noun)color, colour, vividness interest and variety and intensity "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
3. (noun)color, colour, coloration, colouration the timbre of a musicalsound "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
4. (noun)color, colour, people of color, people of colour a race with skinpigmentation different from the whiterace (especially Blacks)
5. (noun)semblance, gloss, color, colour an outward or tokenappearance 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"
6. (noun)coloring material, colouring material, color, colour any material used for its color "she used a different color for the trim"
7. (noun)color, colour (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
9. (verb)color, colour having or capable of producing colors "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
10. (verb)color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in add color to "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
11. (verb)tinge, color, colour, distort affect as in thought or feeling "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
12. (verb)color, colour modify or bias "His political ideas color his lectures"
13. (verb)color, colour, emblazon decorate with colors "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
14. (verb)color, colour, gloss give a deceptive explanation or excuse for "color a lie"
15. (verb)discolor, discolour, colour, color change color, often in an undesired manner "The shirts discolored"
6. (verb)color to add color to pictures with crayons, pens, etc. She loves to color.; I'm coloring the frog green.
7. color to change the way sb feels My feelings of sadness colored the experience.
8. color to change the color of sb's hair ***Do you color your hair?
9. (adjective)color using or showing color, not black and white a color printer; color pictures
Definition of 'color'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)color 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
2. (noun)color any hue distinguished from white or black
3. (noun)color the hue or color characteristic of goodhealth and spirits; ruddy complexion
4. (noun)color that which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors
5. (noun)color that which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance
6. (noun)color shade or variety of character; kind; species
7. (noun)color 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 racehorse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey)
9. (verb)color to change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain
10. (verb)color 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