col·or /ˈkʌlər/
1. 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"
synset: color, colour, coloring, colouring
antonym: colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity
2. interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
synset: color, colour, vividness
3. the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
synset: color, colour, coloration, colouration
4. 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"
synset: semblance, gloss, color, colour
5. any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
synset: coloring_material, colouring_material, color, colour
6. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
7. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
1. add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
synset: color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in
2. affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
synset: tinge, color, colour, distort
3. modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
4. decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
synset: color, colour, emblazon
5. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
6. change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
synset: discolor, discolour, colour, color
1. having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
antonym: black-and-white, black_and_white
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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