coloured

adj 1: having color or a certain color; sometimes used in

combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in

color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" [syn: {colored},

{in color(p)}, {colorful}] [ant: {colorless}]

2: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association

for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races";

"dark-skinned peoples" [syn: {colored}, {dark}, {dark-skinned}]

colour

(US "color") Colours are usually represented as

{RGB} triples in a {digital} {image} because this corresponds

most closely to the electronic signals needed to drive a

{CRT}. Several equivalent systems ("{colour models}") exist,

e.g. {HSB}. A colour {image} may be stored as three separate

images, one for each of red, green, and blue, or each {pixel}

may encode the colour using separate {bit-fields} for each

colour component, or each pixel may store a logical colour

number which is looked up in a hardware {colour palette} to

find the colour to display.

Printers may use the {CMYK} or {Pantone} representations of

colours as well as RGB.

(1999-08-02)