adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color. countable, uncountable
2. 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 wordnet
3. 3
   an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading wordnet
4. 4
   a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect wordnet
5. 5
   the timbre of a musical sound wordnet

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6. 6
   interest and variety and intensity wordnet
7. 7
   (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction wordnet
8. 8
   any material used for its color wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
2. 2
   change color, often in an undesired manner wordnet
3. 3
   add color to wordnet
4. 4
   affect as in thought or feeling wordnet
5. 5
   give a deceptive explanation or excuse for wordnet

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6. 6
   decorate with colors wordnet
7. 7
   modify or bias wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   having or capable of producing colors wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bleecolorcolorcolorcolorcolor in

Antonyms

All antonyms

blackblack and whiteblack whitewhite

Example

More examples

"In late summer and autumn one can see the leaves change colour."

Related phrases

R-colouraccidental colourbaulk colourbrass-colourchild of colourcolour TVcolour barcolour centrecolour chargecolour codecolour codedcolour commentator

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