Colour vs Effect - What's the difference?
colour | effect | Synonyms |
(lb) The spectral composition of visible light.
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(lb) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
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(lb) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
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(lb) Interest, especially in a selective area.
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(lb) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
(lb) A standard or banner.
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The system of colour television.
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(lb) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
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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.
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(lb) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
(lb) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
(lb) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
A front or : an ostensible truth actually false.
An appearance of right or authority.
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(lb) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
To give something colour.
To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured 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 colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same colour.
The result or outcome of a cause. See below.
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(filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
(sound engineering) An alteration in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
(sound engineering) A device for producing an alteration in sound produced by an instrument.
Execution; performance; realization; operation.
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# (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
(usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to .
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(obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
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(obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
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To make or bring about; to implement.
Colour is a synonym of effect.
As nouns the difference between colour and effect
is that colour is (lb) the spectral composition of visible light while effect is the result or outcome of a cause see below .As verbs the difference between colour and effect
is that colour is to give something colour while effect is to make or bring about; to implement.As an adjective colour
is conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.colour
English
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The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
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
* colour-blind * colour charge * colour code * colour commentator * coloured * colourful * colour of fire * flame-colour * colourimeter * colourise * colourism * colourless * colours * discoloration * in colour * off-colour * prismatic colours * true coloursAdjective
(-)- Colour television and films were considered a great improvement over black and white.
Verb
(en verb)- We could colour the walls red.
- My kindergartener loves to colour .
- ''Her face coloured as she realised her mistake.
- That interpretation certainly colours my perception of the book.
- Colour me confused.
- Can this graph be two-coloured ?
- You can colour any map with four colours.
Synonyms
* (give something colour) dye, paint, stain, shade, tinge, tint * (apply colours within boundaries of a line drawing) * blush * (affect without completely changing) affect, influence * (attribute a quality to) callDerived terms
* colour by numbersSee also
* tincture *External links
* * (Colors)Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----effect
English
(wikipedia effect)Noun
citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- patchwork introduced for oratorical effect
- The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.
- That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between / The effect and it.
- They spake to her to that effect .
- no other in effect than what it seems
- All the large effects / That troop with majesty.
Usage notes
The words “affect” and “effect'” can both be used as nouns or verbs, but when used as a noun the word affect is limited to uses in the psychology field, and the above definitions for ' effect are much more common. See also the usage notes as a verb below. Adjectives often applied to "effect": * biological, chemical, cultural, economic, legal, mental, moral, nutritional, personal, physical, physiological, political and social * actual, bad, beneficial, catastrophic, deleterious, disastrous, devastating, fatal, good, harmful, important, intended, likely, natural, negative, positive, potential, primary, real, secondary, significant, special, strong, undesirable and weakDerived terms
(noun phrases using effect) * after-effect, aftereffect * butterfly effect * domino effect * Doppler effect * greenhouse effect * in effect * knock-on effect * Nader effect * personal effects * ripple effect * side effect * snowball effect * special effect * sound effect * spoiler effectVerb
(en verb)- The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.