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(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light
(countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
(uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
(uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
(figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
(in the plural) A standard or banner.
The system of color television.
(in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
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.
(physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
(typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
(snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
* (also needs better-worded definition)
An appearance of right or authority.
(medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
To give something color.
To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
(of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
To affect without completely changing.
(informal) To attribute a quality to.
(mathematics) 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.
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* 1600 , The Shoemaker's Holiday :
* 1894 W. H. Miller, J. Mcaulauy, W. Stevens, The Leisure Hour , Richard Jones (1894), page 651:
* 1996 (Ian Rankin), Let It Bleed , Thorndike Press (2000), ISBN 0786226773, page 68:
* 2011 Hughie Boy Levoy, Chicago Kid , Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 1462853404, page 151:
As a noun color
is (uncountable) the spectral composition of visible light.As an adjective color
is conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.As a verb color
is to give something color.As a proper noun hugh is
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* colour (see the below)Noun
- Humans and birds can perceive color .
- Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
- He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color ".
- Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
- a bit of local color
- The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.
- This film is broadcast in color .
- He was awarded colors for his football.
- Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
- Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
Usage notes
The late (etyl) colour'', which is the standard UK spelling, has been the usual spelling in Britain since the 14th century and was chosen by (1828), along with favor, honor, etc., and is currently the standard US spelling. In Canada, colour'' is preferred, but ''color'' is not unknown; in Australia, ''-our'' endings are the standard, although ''-or'' endings had some currency in the past and are still sporadically found in some regions. In New Zealand, ''-our endings are the standard.Synonyms
* (spectral composition of visible light) blee * (particular set named as a class) blee, hue * hue, shade, blee * (human skin tone as an indicator of race or ethnicity) colour of one’s skin, complexion, blee, ethnicity, race * interest * (dark tincture) stain * (standard or banner) banner, standard * (colour television) colour televisionDerived terms
* color-blind * color charge * color code * color commentator * colored * colorful * color of fire * flame-color * colorimeter * colorize * colorism * colorless * colors * discoloration * in color * off-color * prismatic colors * true colorsAdjective
(-) (US)- Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
Verb
(en-verb) (US)- We could color the walls red.
- My kindergartener loves to color .
- ''Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
- That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
- Color me confused.
- Can this graph be two-colored ?
- You can color any map with four colors.
Synonyms
* (give something color) dye, paint, stain, shade, tinge, tint * (apply colors within boundaries of a line drawing) * blush * (affect without completely changing) affect, influence * (attribute a quality to) callDerived terms
* color by numbersSee also
* tincture *External links
* * (Colors) ----hugh
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself.
- Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain, / Saint Hugh be our good speed. / Ill is the weather that bringeth no gain, / Nor helps good hearts in need.
- "You are engaged to Mr. Harden, I suppose?" "Yes, Mr. Harden. I call him Hugh', his second name. I like the name of '''Hugh'''. The exquisite long vowel pleases me?'''''Hugh! Hugh! ".
- Hugh' McAnally was universally known as "Wee Shug". He didn't know why people called ' Hugh always ended up nicknamed Shug.
- What I had noticed all of my young life, from as early as five years old, was that very few people outside my family knew how to pronounce my name?or spell it. "Hue, Hug, Huge, Huh, Hugo. Everything but my name, HUGH'!" - - - I grew up thinking that I was the only ' Hugh in the world, and all my life I'll be meeting people who will have trouble pronouncing my name.