color
adj : (photography) "color film"; "he rented a color television";
"in glorious color"; "marvelous color illustrations"
[syn: {colour}] [ant: {black-and-white}]
n 1: a visual attribute of things that results from the light
they emit or transmit or reflect; "white is the coolest
summer color" [syn: {colour}, {coloring}, {colouring}]
[ant: {colorlessness}]
2: interest and variety and intensity: "the Puritan Period was
lacking in color" [syn: {colour}, {vividness}]
3: the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to
capture the true color of the original music" [syn: {colour}]
4: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race
(especially Blacks) [syn: {colour}, {people of color}, {people
of colour}]
5: outward or token appearance or form; "he tried to give his
actions a semblance of authenticity"; "the situation soon
took on a different color" [syn: {semblance}, {colour}]
v 1: add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall
colored the trees" [ant: {discolor}]
2: distort; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this
case" [syn: {distort}]
3: modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
4: decorate with colors [syn: {colour}, {emblazon}]
5: add color to [syn: {colour}, {color in}, {colour in}]
6: gloss or excuse; "color a lie" [syn: {gloss}]