Definition: the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Main entry: gloss, semblance, color, colour
Definition: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Usage: 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
Main entry: color, coloring, colour, colouring
Definition: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Usage: a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
Main entry: color, coloration, colour, colouration
Definition: the timbre of a musical sound
Usage: the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Main entry: vividness, color, colour
Definition: interest and variety and intensity
Usage: the Puritan Period was lacking in color; the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
Definition: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
Usage: each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
Main entry: people of color, people of colour, color, colour
Definition: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Main entry: color, coloring material, colour, colouring material
Definition: any material used for its color
Usage: she used a different color for the trim
Main entry: color, colour, discolor, discolour
Definition: change color, often in an undesired manner
Usage: The shirts discolored
Main entry: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
Definition: add color to
Usage: The child colored the drawings; Fall colored the trees; colorize black and white film
Main entry: distort, tinge, color, colour
Definition: affect as in thought or feeling
Usage: My personal feelings color my judgment in this case; The sadness tinged his life
Main entry: color, colour, gloss
Definition: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
Usage: color a lie
Main entry: color, colour, emblazon
Definition: decorate with colors
Usage: color the walls with paint in warm tones
Definition: modify or bias
Usage: His political ideas color his lectures
Definition: having or capable of producing colors
Usage: color film; he rented a color television; marvelous color illustrations