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col·our C0488500 (kŭl′ər)n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of color.colour (ˈkʌlə) or colorn1. (General Physics) a. an attribute of things that results from the light they reflect, transmit, or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengthsb. the aspect of visual perception by which an observer recognizes this attributec. the quality of the light producing this aspect of visual perceptiond. (as modifier): colour vision. 2. (General Physics) a. a colour, such as red or green, that possesses hue, as opposed to achromatic colours such as white or blackb. (as modifier): a colour television; a colour film. Compare black-and-white23. (Dyeing) a substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts colour to something4. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a. the skin complexion of a person, esp as determined by raceb. (as modifier): colour prejudice; colour problem. 5. (Art Terms) the use of all the hues in painting as distinct from composition, form, and light and shade6. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the quantity and quality of ink used in a printing process7. (Music, other) the distinctive tone of a musical sound; timbre8. vividness, authenticity, or individuality: period colour. 9. semblance or pretext (esp in the phrases take on a different colour, under colour of)10. (Mining & Quarrying) US a precious mineral particle, esp gold, found in auriferous gravel11. (General Physics) physics one of three characteristics of quarks, designated red, blue, or green, but having no relationship with the physical sensationvb12. to give or apply colour to (something)13. (tr) to give a convincing or plausible appearance to (something, esp to that which is spoken or recounted): to colour an alibi. 14. (tr) to influence or distort (something, esp a report or opinion): anger coloured her judgment. 15. (often foll by: up) to become red in the face, esp when embarrassed or annoyed16. (Agriculture) (intr) (esp of ripening fruit) to change hue[C13: from Old French colour from Latin color tint, hue]col•or (ˈkʌl ər)
n. 1. the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by it, usu. determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue. 2. the natural hue of the skin, esp. of the face; complexion. 3. a ruddy complexion, usu. indicating good health. 4. a blush. 5. vivid or distinctive quality, as of a literary work. 6. details in description, customs, speech, habits, etc., of a place or period: a novel about the Pilgrims with much local color. 7. something that is used for coloring; pigment; dye. 8. background information, as anecdotes or analyses of strategy, given by a sportscaster during a broadcast. 9. colors, a. a colored badge, ribbon, or uniform worn or displayed to signify allegiance, membership, etc. b. viewpoint or attitude; character; personality: to show one's true colors under stress. c. a flag, ensign, etc., particularly the national flag. 10. skin tone other than white as an indicator of racial or ethnic affiliation: Persons of color had been denied their civil rights. 11. outward appearance or aspect; guise or show: a lie that had the color of truth. 12. a pretext: a mean trick under the color of a good deed. 13. Law. an apparent or evident right: holding possession under color of title. 14. tonal shading and timbre in music. 15. a trace or particle of valuable mineral, esp. gold, as shown by washing auriferous gravel. 16. Physics. a theoretical property that distinguishes the various states in which quarks exist. adj. 17. involving, utilizing, yielding, or possessing color: a color TV. v.t. 18. to give or apply color to; tinge; paint; dye. 19. to cause to appear different from the reality: She colored her account. 20. to give a special character or quality to: The author's animosities color his writing. v.i. 21. to take on or change color. 22. to flush; blush. Idioms: change color, a. to blush. b. to turn pale. [1250–1300; Middle English col(e)ur < Anglo-French < Latin colōrem, acc. of color] col′or•er, n. usage: See -or1. colourWhen you are describing the colour of something, you don't normally use the word colour. Don't say, for example, 'He wore a green colour tie'. You say 'He wore a green tie'. She had blonde hair and green eyes.She was wearing a bright yellow hat.However, you sometimes use the word colour when you are asking about the colour of something, or when you are describing a colour in an indirect way. What colour was the bird?The paint was the colour of grass.Be Careful!
In sentences like these you use be, not 'have'. Don't say 'What colour has the bird?' or 'The paint has the colour of grass'. You also use the word colour when you are using more unusual colour words. For example, you can say that something is a bluish-green colour. The plastic is treated with heat until it turns a milky white colour.There was the sea, a glittering blue-green colour.You can also say, for example, that something is bluish-green in colour. The leaves are rough and grey-green in colour.You can also add the suffix -coloured to the name of a colour. He bought me a cheap gold-coloured bracelet.He selected one of his most expensive cream-coloured suits.The American spellings of 'colour' and '-coloured' are color and -colored. colour
Past participle: coloured
Gerund: colouring
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| I colour | | you colour | | he/she/it colours | | we colour | | you colour | | they colour |
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| I coloured | | you coloured | | he/she/it coloured | | we coloured | | you coloured | | they coloured |
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| I am colouring | | you are colouring | | he/she/it is colouring | | we are colouring | | you are colouring | | they are colouring |
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| I have coloured | | you have coloured | | he/she/it has coloured | | we have coloured | | you have coloured | | they have coloured |
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| I was colouring | | you were colouring | | he/she/it was colouring | | we were colouring | | you were colouring | | they were colouring |
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| I had coloured | | you had coloured | | he/she/it had coloured | | we had coloured | | you had coloured | | they had coloured |
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| I will colour | | you will colour | | he/she/it will colour | | we will colour | | you will colour | | they will colour |
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| I will have coloured | | you will have coloured | | he/she/it will have coloured | | we will have coloured | | you will have coloured | | they will have coloured |
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| I will be colouring | | you will be colouring | | he/she/it will be colouring | | we will be colouring | | you will be colouring | | they will be colouring |
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| I have been colouring | | you have been colouring | | he/she/it has been colouring | | we have been colouring | | you have been colouring | | they have been colouring |
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| I will have been colouring | | you will have been colouring | | he/she/it will have been colouring | | we will have been colouring | | you will have been colouring | | they will have been colouring |
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| I had been colouring | | you had been colouring | | he/she/it had been colouring | | we had been colouring | | you had been colouring | | they had been colouring |
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| I would colour | | you would colour | | he/she/it would colour | | we would colour | | you would colour | | they would colour |
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| I would have coloured | | you would have coloured | | he/she/it would have coloured | | we would have coloured | | you would have coloured | | they would have coloured |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | colour - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"coloring material, colouring material, colorpaint, pigment - 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; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"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 reactionmordant - a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing processdye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hairtincture - a substances that colors metalshematochrome - a reddish coloring material found in some algaepigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)pigment - any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic colorstain - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible | | 2. | colour - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)people of color, people of colour, colorrace - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person | | 3. | colour - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"colorkind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"high energy physics, high-energy physics, particle physics - the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions | | 4. |  colour - interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"vividness, colorinterestingness, interest - the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" | | 5. | colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"coloration, colouration, colortimbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" | | 6. |  colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"color, coloring, colouringvisual property - an attribute of visionprimary color, primary colour - any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixingheather mixture, heather - interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of colormottle - an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hueachromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or blackcoloration, colouration - appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's facedithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour - a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color | | 7. | colour - an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "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"semblance, gloss, colorappearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thingcolor 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; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights"simulacrum - an insubstantial or vague semblanceface value - the apparent worth as opposed to the real worthguise, pretence, pretext, pretense - an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"camouflage, disguise - an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories"verisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true | | 8. | colour - the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturationcolorappearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing | | Verb | 1. | colour - modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"coloract upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" | | 2. | colour - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"emblazon, coloradorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"miniate - paint with red lead or vermilion | | 3. | colour - give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"gloss, colorapologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, justify, excuse - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" | | 4. | colour - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"tinge, color, distortaffect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" | | 5. | colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourizealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"blackwash - color with blackwashparti-color, motley - make motley; color with different colorspolychrome, polychromise, polychromize - color with many colors; make polychromeazure - color azure; "Morning azured the village"empurple, purpurate, purple - color purpleaurify - turn goldenverdigris - color verdigrispinkify - make pinkincarnadine - make flesh-coloredbrown, embrown - make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"handcolor, handcolour - color by hand; "Some old photographs are handcolored"tinct, tint, tinge, touch - color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"pigment - color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph"hue, imbue - suffuse with colorretouch - give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots"silver - make silver in color; "Her worries had silvered her hair"gray, grey - make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"tone - change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"redden - make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"blotch, mottle, streak - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | | 6. | colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"discolour, discolor, colorblush, crimson, flush, redden - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"blanch, blench, pale - turn pale, as if in fearbronze, tan - get a tan, from wind or sunsunburn, burn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sunchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"turn - change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"silver - turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively"dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"redden - turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"purple - become purplegray, grey - turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"yellow - turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"green - turn or become green; "The trees are greening"blue - turn blue | | Adj. | 1. | colour - having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"colorphotography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs |
colour U.S. colornoun1. hue, tone, shade, tint, tinge, tincture, colourway The badges come in twenty different colours and shapes.2. paint, stain, dye, tint, pigment, tincture, coloration, colourwash, colorant the latest range of lip and eye colours3. skin colour, race, complexion, ethnicity, pigmentation His colour and ethnic origins are not the issue here.4. rosiness, glow, bloom, flush, blush, brilliance, redness, vividness, ruddiness There was a touch of colour in her cheeks.5. liveliness, life, interest, excitement, animation, zest The ceremony brought a touch of colour to the normally drab proceedings.plural noun1. flag, standard, banner, emblem, ensign Troops raised the country's colours in a special ceremony.2. kit, strip, uniform, regalia I was wearing the team's colours.3. nature, quality, character, aspect, personality, stamp, traits, temperament After we were married, he showed his true colours.verb1. tint, stain, dye Saffron can be used to colour the rice yellow.2. blush, flush, crimson, redden, go crimson, burn, go as red as a beetroot He couldn't help noticing that she coloured slightly.3. influence, affect, prejudice, distort, pervert, taint, slant The attitude of parents colours the way their children behave.4. exaggerate, disguise, embroider, misrepresent, falsify, gloss over, airbrush He wrote a highly coloured account of his childhood.Related words
fear chromophobia see shades from black to white, shades of blue, shades of brown, shades of green, shades of orange, shades of purple, shades of red, shades of yellowTranslationscolour (American) color (ˈkalə) noun1. a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them. What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours. 顏色 颜色2. paint(s). That artist uses water-colours. 顏料 颜料3. (a) skin-colour varying with race. people of all colours. 膚色 肤色4. vividness; interest. There's plenty of colour in his stories. 多彩多姿，獨特風格 多彩多姿，独特风格 adjective (of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white. colour film; colour television. 彩色的 彩色的 verb to put colour on; to paint. They coloured the walls yellow. 為...著色 给...着色ˈcoloured adjective1. having colour. She prefers white baths to coloured baths. 有色的 有色的2. belonging to a dark-skinned race. There are only two white families living in this street – the rest are coloured. 有色人種的 有色人种的 noun (sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin. (有時具貶意)有色人種 (尤指黑人) 有色人种（尤指黑人） ˈcolourful adjective1. full of colour. a colourful pattern. 色彩豐富的 色彩丰富的2. vivid and interesting. a colourful account of his experiences. 多彩多姿的 丰富多彩的ˈcolouring noun1. something used to give colour. She put pink colouring in the icing. 著色 着色2. complexion. She had very high colouring (= a very pink complexion). 臉色 面色ˈcolourless adjective1. without colour. Water is colourless. 無色的 无色的2. not lively or interesting. a colourless young woman. 無趣的，無特色的 无趣的，无特色的 ˈcolours noun plural1. the distinction of winning a place in the team in some sports. He won his cricket colours last season. 獲選進入球隊的帽子或綬帶 被选入运动队2. a flag. Army regiments salute the colours when on parade. 旗幟 旗帜3. a tunic of certain colours worn by a jockey to show that his race-horse belongs to a certain person. 職業賽馬騎師穿的彩色短上衣，以識別其賽馬屬於某人 （表示所属某人色彩标志的）衣帽 ˈcolour-blind adjective unable to tell the difference between certain colours. As he was colour-blind he could not distinguish between red and green. 色盲的 色盲的ˈcolour scheme noun an arrangement or choice of colours in decorating a house etc. (室內裝飾的)色彩組合或選擇 （室内装饰的）色彩设计 ˌoff-ˈcolour adjective not feeling well. He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party. 身體不適的 身体不适的colour in to put colour into (drawings etc). He coloured in all the oblong shapes on the page. 上色 上色show oneself in one's true colours to show or express one's real character, opinion etc. He pretends to be very generous but he showed himself in his true colours when he refused to give money to charity. 露出本性 现出本性with flying colours with great success. He passed his exam with flying colours. 很成功地 大为成功- Do you have this in another color? (US)
Do you have this in another colour? (UK) → 有其它颜色的吗？ - I don't like the color (US)
I don't like the colour (UK) → 我不喜欢这种颜色 - A color film, please (US)
A colour film, please (UK) → 我要一卷彩色胶卷 - I need a color film for this camera (US)
I need a colour film for this camera (UK) → 我要一卷这台相机用的彩色胶卷 - Is there a color printer? (US)
Is there a colour printer? (UK) → 有彩色打印机吗？ - In color (US)
In colour (UK) → 彩色的 - I'd like a color photocopy of this, please (US)
I'd like a colour photocopy of this, please (UK) → 请帮我复印一份彩色的 - This color, please (US)
This colour, please (UK) → 要这种颜色
colour
See:- (one's) true color(s)
- (one's) true colours
- a horse of another colour
- be off-color
- be sailing under false colors
- be sailing under false colours
- color of someone's money, see the
- come through (something) with flying colors
- dream in color
- dream in colour
- false colors
- give color to (something)
- horse of a different color
- horse of another color
- in glowing colors
- in glowing terms
- in glowing terms/colours
- lend color to (something)
- lend colour to
- lend colour to something
- man of color
- nail (one's) colours to the mast
- nail your colours to the mast
- off colour
- off-colour
- pass (something) with flying colours
- person of color
- reveal (one's) (true) colors
- riot of color(s)
- sail under false colors
- sail under false colours
- see the color of (one's) money
- see the colour of somebody's money
- see the colour of someone's money
- show (one) in (one's) true colors
- show (one's) (true) colours
- show your colours
- show your true colours
- the colour of someone's money
- under false colors
- with flying colors
- with flying colors, pass with
- with flying colours
- woman of color
- your, his, etc. true colours
colour
colour (US), color1. a. an attribute of things that results from the light they reflect, transmit, or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengths b. the aspect of visual perception by which an observer recognizes this attribute c. the quality of the light producing this aspect of visual perception d. (as modifier): colour vision 2. a. a colour, such as red or green, that possesses hue, as opposed to achromatic colours such as white or black b. (as modifier): a colour television 3. a. the skin complexion of a person, esp as determined by his race b. (as modifier): colour prejudice 4. the use of all the hues in painting as distinct from composition, form, and light and shade 5. the distinctive tone of a musical sound; timbre 6. Physics one of three characteristics of quarks, designated red, blue, or green, but having no relationship with the physical sensation color (perceived)That attribute of visual perception that can be described by names such as yellow, red, blue, etc., or some combination of such names. (of an object) A characteristic of the appearance of an object, surface, etc., distinct from its form, gloss, shape, size, or position; depends on the spectral composition of the incident light, on the spectral reflectance or transmittance of the object, and on the spectral response of the observer.colour (graphics)(US "color") Colours are usually represented asRGB triples in a digital image because this correspondsmost closely to the electronic signals needed to drive aCRT. Several equivalent systems ("colour models") exist,e.g. HSB. A colour image may be stored as three separateimages, one for each of red, green, and blue, or each pixelmay encode the colour using separate bit-fields for eachcolour component, or each pixel may store a logical colournumber which is looked up in a hardware colour palette tofind the colour to display.
Printers may use the CMYK or Pantone representations ofcolours as well as RGB.colour
col·or (kŭl'ŏr) 1. That aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be specified as to hue, lightness (brightness), and saturation. 2. That portion of the visible (370-760 nm) electromagnetic spectrum specified as to wavelength, luminosity, and purity.
Synonym(s): colour. [L.]colour An aspect of visual perception, characterized by the attributes of hue, brightness and saturation, and resulting from stimulation of the retina by visible photopic light levels. Note: also spelled color.
achromatic colour A visual sensation resulting from a stimulus having brightness, but devoid of hue or saturation, e.g. white, grey.
colour agnosia See agnosia.
colour blindness See colour blindness.
complementary colour One of a pair of colours which, when mixed additively, produce white or grey (that is to say an achromatic sensation). Examples: green is the complementary colour of red-purple and yellow is the complementary colour of blue. See chromaticity diagram.
confusion colour's Colours that are confused by a dichromat. The colours confused by a deuteranope, a protanope and a tritanope are not the same. For example, the deuteranope will confuse reds, greens and greys, whereas the protanope will confuse reds, oranges, blue-greens and greys. See pseudoisochromatic plates.
colour constancy See colour constancy.
colour contrast See colour contrast.
defective colour vision Marked departure of an individual's colour vision aptitude from that of a normal observer. This is indicated by various tests, e.g. anomaloscope, pseudoisochromatic plates, Farnsworth test. The following types of defective colour vision are usually recognized: anomalous trichromatic vision or anomalous trichromatism; dichromatic vision or dichromatism; monochromatic vision or monochromatism (total colour blindness), anomaly of vision in which there is perception of luminance but not of colour. Both anomalous trichromatism and dichromatism occur in three distinct forms called respectively protanomalous vision and protanopia, deuteranomalous vision and deuteranopia, tritanomalous vision and tritanopia.The causes of defective colour vision may be an impairment of a cone pigment or a reduced number of cone cells. The majority of cases of defective colour vision are inherited and thus bilateral. Acquired defects are rare, mostly tritanopic and appear in one eye or are asymmetric, and affect males and females equally. They may be due to glaucoma, retinal or optic nerve disease, drug or chemical toxicity, diabetes, retinitis pigmentosa, etc. Hence it is essential to test colour vision under monocular conditions. The inherited type occurs as a sex-linked disorder in which the defective gene is on the X chromosome. Since men have only one X chromosome while women have two, sex-linked disorders (most being X-linked recessive) affect mainly males who inherit the genetic defect from their mother. Inherited tritanopia and tritanomaly are usually autosomal dominant. For women to show the defect, both of their X chromosomes have to carry the defective gene, a rare occurrence. Defective colour vision occurs in about 8% of the male population and 0.5% of the female population. Syn. daltonism. See achromatopsia; anomaloscope; deuteranomaly; deuteranopia; inheritance; ChromaGen lens; X-Chrom lens; monochromat; visual pigment; protanomaly; protanopia; Kollner's rule; colour vision test; tritanomaly; tritanopia.
colour fringes Coloured edges around images formed by a lens or an optical system which is not corrected for chromatic aberration.
fundamental colour's See primary colours.
colour induction See colour induction.
colour matching Action of making a colour appear the same as a given colour.
metameric colour Spectrally different radiations that produce the same colour under the same viewing conditions. Note: The corresponding property is called metamerism. Syn. metamers (CIE).
colour mixture The production of a colour by mixing two or more lights of different colours (additive colour mixture) or two or more pigments (subtractive colour mixture). See complementary colour; primary colours.
Munsell colour See Munsell colour system.
non-spectral colour Any colour that does not exist as a single wavelength. Example: purple, which is a mixture of blue and red radiations. See purple.
primary colour's Any sets of three colours such as, for example, red, green and blue, which, by additive colour mixture of the stimuli in varying proportions, can produce any colour sensation. Syn. fundamental colours.
spectral colour's The colours produced by the various radiations of the visible spectrum. See light.
colour space See space, colour.
colour stereoscopy See chromostereopsis.
surface colour Colour perceived as belonging to a surface of an object which is not self-luminous.
colour temperature The temperature of the surface of an ideal black body which emits radiations of the same chromaticity as that from the source being specified. As the temperature increases, the amount of radiations increases and the source changes colour from red through to white to blue-white. Unit: Kelvin (symbol: K).
colour triangle See chromaticity diagram.
colour vision See colour vision.
colour vision, aetiology of See defective colour vision.LegalSeeColorcolour
Related to colour: colour TV, Colour codesSynonyms for colournoun hueSynonyms- hue
- tone
- shade
- tint
- tinge
- tincture
- colourway
noun paintSynonyms- paint
- stain
- dye
- tint
- pigment
- tincture
- coloration
- colourwash
- colorant
noun skin colourSynonyms- skin colour
- race
- complexion
- ethnicity
- pigmentation
noun rosinessSynonyms- rosiness
- glow
- bloom
- flush
- blush
- brilliance
- redness
- vividness
- ruddiness
noun livelinessSynonyms- liveliness
- life
- interest
- excitement
- animation
- zest
noun flagSynonyms- flag
- standard
- banner
- emblem
- ensign
noun kitSynonymsnoun natureSynonyms- nature
- quality
- character
- aspect
- personality
- stamp
- traits
- temperament
verb tintSynonymsverb blushSynonyms- blush
- flush
- crimson
- redden
- go crimson
- burn
- go as red as a beetroot
verb influenceSynonyms- influence
- affect
- prejudice
- distort
- pervert
- taint
- slant
verb exaggerateSynonyms- exaggerate
- disguise
- embroider
- misrepresent
- falsify
- gloss over
- airbrush
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