Dictionary entry details
• COLOUR (noun)
Meaning:
Any material used for its color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
colouring material; colour; coloring material; color
Context example:
she used a different color for the trim
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colour"):
stain ((microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible)
pigment (dry coloring matter (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc))
hematochrome (a reddish coloring material found in some algae)
tincture (a substances that colors metals)
dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)
mordant (a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process)
indicator ((chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction)
paint (a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating)
Meaning:
A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
people of colour; people of color; colour; color
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
race (people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock)
Meronyms (members of "colour"):
person of color; person of colour ((formal) any non-European non-White person)
Meaning:
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
colour; color
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
Domain category:
high energy physics; high-energy physics; particle physics (the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions)
Meaning:
Interest and variety and intensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
vividness; color; colour
Context examples:
the Puritan Period was lacking in color / the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
interest; interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.))
Attribute:
colorful; colourful (having striking color)
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Meaning:
The timbre of a musical sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
coloration; colouration; color; colour
Context example:
the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
quality; timber; timbre; tone ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound))
Meaning:
A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
color; coloring; colouring; colour
Context example:
a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
visual property (an attribute of vision)
Attribute:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
uncolored; uncoloured (without color)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colour"):
dithered color; dithered colour; nonsolid color; nonsolid colour (a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color)
complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)
coloration; colouration (appearance with regard to color)
achromatic color; achromatic colour (a color lacking hue; white or grey or black)
chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)
shade; tincture; tint; tone (a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color)
mottle (an irregular arrangement of patches of color)
heather; heather mixture (interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color)
Meaning:
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
semblance; gloss; color; colour
Context 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
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colour"):
color of law; colour of law (a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law)
verisimilitude (the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true)
camouflage; disguise (an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something)
guise; pretence; pretense; pretext (an artful or simulated semblance)
face value (the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth)
simulacrum (an insubstantial or vague semblance)
Meaning:
The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
color; colour
Hypernyms ("colour" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
• COLOUR (adjective)
Meaning:
Having or capable of producing colors
Synonyms:
color; colour
Context examples:
color film / he rented a color television / marvelous color illustrations
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
• COLOUR (verb)
Meaning:
Modify or bias
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
colour; color
Context example:
His political ideas color his lectures
Hypernyms (to "colour" is one way to...):
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Decorate with colors
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
emblazon; colour; color
Context example:
color the walls with paint in warm tones
Hypernyms (to "colour" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "colour"):
miniate (paint with red lead or vermilion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Gloss or excuse
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
colour; gloss; color
Context example:
color a lie
Hypernyms (to "colour" is one way to...):
apologise; apologize; excuse; justify; rationalise; rationalize (defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Affect as in thought or feeling
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
tinge; color; colour; distort
Context examples:
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case / The sadness tinged his life
Hypernyms (to "colour" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Add color to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
colourize; colourise; colour in; colorize; colorise; color in; color; colour
Context examples:
The child colored the drawings / Fall colored the trees / colorize black and white film
Hypernyms (to "colour" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "colour"):
tinct; tinge; tint; touch (color lightly)
pigment (color or dye with a pigment)
hue; imbue (suffuse with color)
retouch (give retouches to (hair))
silver (make silver in color)
gray; grey (make grey)
tone (change to a color image)
redden (make red)
blotch; mottle; streak (mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained)
handcolor; handcolour (color by hand)
embrown (make brown)
blackwash (color with blackwash)
motley; parti-color (make motley; color with different colors)
polychrome; polychromise; polychromize (color with many colors; make polychrome)
azure (color azure)
empurple; purple; purpurate (color purple)
aurify (turn golden)
verdigris (color verdigris)
pinkify (make pink)
incarnadine (make flesh-colored)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Change color, often in an undesired manner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
discolour; discolor; color; colour
Context example:
The shirts discolored
Hypernyms (to "colour" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "colour"):
redden (turn red or redder)
purple (become purple)
gray; grey (turn grey)
yellow (turn yellow)
tone (change the color or tone of)
green (turn or become green)
blue (turn blue)
dye (color with dye)
silver (turn silver)
blush; crimson; flush; redden (turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame)
blanch; blench; pale (turn pale, as if in fear)
bronze; tan (get a tan, from wind or sun)
burn; sunburn (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)
white; whiten (turn white)
black; blacken; melanise; melanize; nigrify (make or become black)
turn (change color)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
