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colour

[ UK /kˈʌlɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈkəɫɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. affect as in thought or feeling
    My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
    The sadness tinged his life
  2. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
    color a lie
  3. add color to
    colorize black and white film
    The child colored the drawings
    Fall colored the trees
  4. modify or bias
    His political ideas color his lectures
  5. decorate with colors
    color the walls with paint in warm tones
  6. change color, often in an undesired manner
    The shirts discolored
NOUN
  1. interest and variety and intensity
    the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
    the Puritan Period was lacking in color
  2. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
  3. the timbre of a musical sound
    the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
  4. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
    each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
  5. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
    the situation soon took on a different color
    he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
    he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
  6. 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
  7. any material used for its color
    she used a different color for the trim
ADJECTIVE
  1. having or capable of producing colors
    marvelous color illustrations
    color film
    he rented a color television

How To Use colour In A Sentence

  • Using a bold colour such as yellow is risky. Times, Sunday Times
  • For the stock, start by sweating all the vegetables and herbs in a little extra-virgin olive oil, seasoning with salt at the start to help them sweat without colouring.
  • Mix up pots of poster paint, and give your children a pot of paint in each colour, a couple of brushes and a glass of water.
  • Deep navy, in contrast, is less demanding, and leaves a bit more colour in a blonde's cheeks.
  • There wasn't a lot of information there; I had to expand on it, invent the colour scheme.
  • The colour is a focal point on one wall and adds a bit of personality. Times, Sunday Times
  • Horatia was still in mourning for her mother, and wore a black skirt, but Lucilla's was of rich deep gentianella-coloured silk, and the buttons of her white vest were of beautiful coral. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
  • The building is dark brick topped by pinky-coloured concrete block walls, white plastic-looking fascia board, black plastic guttering and an artificial slate roof.
  • It's all slouchy, casual clothes in light and bright colours. Times, Sunday Times
  • Strange flashes of varicoloured, rainbow light began to appear and disappear on the path before me.
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