Definitions for Color
ˈkʌl ərcol·or

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. color, colour, coloring, colouringnoun

   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. color, colour, vividnessnoun

   interest and variety and intensity

   "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"

3. color, colour, coloration, colourationnoun

   the timbre of a musical sound

   "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"

4. color, colour, people of color, people of colournoun

   a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

5. semblance, gloss, color, colournoun

   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"

6. coloring material, colouring material, color, colournoun

   any material used for its color

   "she used a different color for the trim"

7. color, colournoun

   (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

   "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"

8. color, colouradjective

   the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

9. color, colourverb

   having or capable of producing colors

   "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"

10. color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour inverb

    add color to

    "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

11. tinge, color, colour, distortverb

    affect as in thought or feeling

    "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

12. color, colourverb

    modify or bias

    "His political ideas color his lectures"

13. color, colour, emblazonverb

    decorate with colors

    "color the walls with paint in warm tones"

14. color, colour, glossverb

    give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

    "color a lie"

15. discolor, discolour, colour, colorverb

    change color, often in an undesired manner

    "The shirts discolored"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. colornoun

   The spectral composition of visible light.

   Humans and birds can perceive color.

2. colornoun

   A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class; blee.

   Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.

3. colornoun

   Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and greys).

   He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".

4. colornoun

   Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.

   Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.

5. colornoun

   interest, especially in a selective area.

   a bit of local color.

6. colornoun

   In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts.

   Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?

7. colornoun

   A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.

8. colornoun

   Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.

9. colornoun

   A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.

10. colorverb

    To give something color.

    We could color the walls red.

11. colorverb

    To draw within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.

    My kindergartener loves to color.

12. colorverb

    To become red through increased blood flow.

13. colorverb

    To affect without completely changing.

    That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.

14. colorverb

    To attribute a quality to.

    Color me confused.

15. colorverb

    To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color.

16. colornoun

    An appearance of right or authority.

    Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.

17. colornoun

    Skin color noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment

18. coloradjective

    Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

    Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.

19. Etymology: color, from colur, from colour, color, from color, from colos "covering", from kel-. Akin to Latin celo. See usage note below. Displaced Middle English blee, from Old English bleo. More at blee.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Color

   Color (American English), or colour (Commonwealth English), is the characteristic of visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple. This perception of color derives from the stimulation of photoreceptor cells (in particular cone cells in the human eye and other vertebrate eyes) by electromagnetic radiation (in the visible spectrum in the case of humans). Color categories and physical specifications of color are associated with objects through the wavelength of the light that is reflected from them. This reflection is governed by the object's physical properties such as light absorption, emission spectra, etc. By defining a color space, colors can be identified numerically by coordinates, which in 1931 were also named in global agreement with internationally agreed color names like mentioned above (red, orange, etc.) by the International Commission on Illumination. The RGB color space for instance is a color space corresponding to human trichromacy and to the three cone cell types that respond to three bands of light: long wavelengths, peaking near 564–580 nm (red); medium-wavelength, peaking near 534–545 nm (green); and short-wavelength light, near 420–440 nm (blue). There may also be more than three color dimensions in other color spaces, such as in the CMYK color model, wherein one of the dimensions relates to a color's colorfulness). The photo-receptivity of the "eyes" of other species also varies considerably from that of humans and so results in correspondingly different color perceptions that cannot readily be compared to one another. Honeybees and bumblebees for instance have trichromatic color vision sensitive to ultraviolet but is insensitive to red. Papilio butterflies possess six types of photoreceptors and may have pentachromatic vision. The most complex color vision system in the animal kingdom has been found in stomatopods (such as the mantis shrimp) with up to 12 spectral receptor types thought to work as multiple dichromatic units.The science of color is sometimes called chromatics, colorimetry, or simply color science. It includes the study of the perception of color by the human eye and brain, the origin of color in materials, color theory in art, and the physics of electromagnetic radiation in the visible range (that is, what is commonly referred to simply as light).

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1. color

   Color is a visual perception that arises through the interaction of light with objects or substances. It is the characteristic that enables a person to distinguish different wavelengths of light, resulting in the perception of various hues, shades, and tints. Color is a fundamental element in our visual experience and plays a significant role in communication, aesthetics, and the interpretation of our surroundings.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Colornoun

   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. Colornoun

   any hue distinguished from white or black

3. Colornoun

   the hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion

4. Colornoun

   that which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors

5. Colornoun

   that which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance

6. Colornoun

   shade or variety of character; kind; species

7. Colornoun

   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)

8. Colornoun

   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

9. Colorverb

   to change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain

10. Colorverb

    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

11. Colorverb

    to hide

12. Colorverb

    to acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush

13. Etymology: [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See Helmet.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Color

   Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, blue, yellow, green and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. Color categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects, materials, light sources, etc., based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra. By defining a color space, colors can be identified numerically by their coordinates. Because perception of color stems from the varying spectral sensitivity of different types of cone cells in the retina to different parts of the spectrum, colors may be defined and quantified by the degree to which they stimulate these cells. These physical or physiological quantifications of color, however, do not fully explain the psychophysical perception of color appearance. The science of color is sometimes called chromatics, chromatography, colorimetry, or simply color science. It includes the perception of color by the human eye and brain, the origin of color in materials, color theory in art, and the physics of electromagnetic radiation in the visible range.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Color

   The visually perceived property of objects created by absorption or reflection of specific wavelengths of light.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. color

   Is the visual perceptual quality seen through the eyes of a human or animal derived from the spectrum of light visible in and through the eyes.

   Colors are vital for our perception of life, they bring so much joy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019  

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   color

   A visual attribute of a person, people, plant, nature, or thing that results from the light emitted, transmitted or reflected.

   Color is beautiful and looks amazing when we see various colors painted with each other.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019  

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1. color

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2. color

   Color vs. Colour -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Color and Colour.

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Anagrams for Color »

1. corol

2. crool

How to pronounce Color?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Color in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Color in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Color in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Color in a Sentence

1. Jon King:

   Everything had to kind of speak to her, to catch her eye. She loved form, she loved texture, she loved color. And she loved mixing it all up. She said that when you walked into her house, what she liked was that it was never boring, you could walk into the same room a hundred times, and see something new every time.

2. Rashida Tlaib:

   Freedom of speech doesn't exist for Muslim women in Congress, the benefit of the doubt doesn't exist for Muslim women in Congress. House Democratic leadership should be ashamed of its relentless, exclusive tone policing of Congresswomen of color.

3. Bernie Sanders ' elder brother:

   It's a rare treat, when I got to color in the box, I colored it in very heavily.

4. Lavora Barnes:

   Michigan Republicans ' plan is to take away people's access to voting, in particular the rights of women and people of color, michigan Republicans ' obsession with the former president is clouding Michigan Republicans ' judgment when it comes to ensuring that our elections in Bridge Michigan remain fair and transparent.

5. Vivian Diller:

   If we know that it is in your genes you will get gray hair at a certain age, no matter what you do, you will say, 'OK, I'll just color it. I'm not going to pluck them out, and I know it doesn't mean I'm old and dying,'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Color
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Color
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Color
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Color
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Color