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Words with a similar base: color, color_in, coloration, coloring, coloring_material, colorise, colorize, discolor, people_of_color

'color'

[color.n.01] as in: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

Examples:
a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light

'color'

[color.n.02] as in: interest and variety and intensity

Examples:
the Puritan Period was lacking in color
the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness

'color'

[color.n.03] as in: the timbre of a musical sound

Examples:
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

'color'

[color.n.04] as in: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

'color'

[semblance.n.01] as in: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

Examples:
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

'color'

[coloring_material.n.01] as in: any material used for its color

Examples:
she used a different color for the trim

'color'

[color.n.07] as in: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

Examples:
each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

'color'

[color.n.08] as in: the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

'color'

[color.v.01] as in: add color to

Examples:
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
colorize black and white film

'color'

[tinge.v.01] as in: affect as in thought or feeling

Examples:
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life

'color'

[color.v.03] as in: modify or bias

Examples:
His political ideas color his lectures

'color'

[color.v.04] as in: decorate with colors

Examples:
color the walls with paint in warm tones

'color'

[color.v.05] as in: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

Examples:
color a lie

'color'

[discolor.v.03] as in: change color, often in an undesired manner

Examples:
The shirts discolored

'color'

[color.a.01] as in: having or capable of producing colors

Examples:
color film
he rented a color television
marvelous color illustrations

Origins

					color (English)
└── color (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── colur (Anglo-Norman)
        └── colour (Old French (842-ca. 1400))