What is the difference between complexion and color?
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The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
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*:Ne ever is he wont on ought to feed / But todes and frogs, his pasture poysonous, / Which in his cold complexion doe breed / A filthy blood.
The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
(lb) The outward appearance of something.
Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
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*:But the purely marginal jottings, done with no eye to the Memorandum Book, have a distinct complexion , and not only a distinct purpose, but none at all; this it is which imparts to them a value.
(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.
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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.
Color is a synonym of complexion.
In figuratively terms the difference between complexion and color
is that complexion is the outward appearance of something while color is interest, especially in a selective area.As nouns the difference between complexion and color
is that complexion is the combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry while color is 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.complexion
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* complection (obsolete)Noun
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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.