1. 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"
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1. Add color to
   "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"
   - colorize [US], colorise [Brit], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn], color in [US], colour in [Brit, Cdn] 
2. Affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
   - tinge, colour [Brit, Cdn], distort 
3. Modify or bias
   "His political ideas color his lectures"
   - colour [Brit, Cdn] 
4. Decorate with colors
   "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], emblazon 
5. Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   "color a lie"
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], gloss 
6. Change color, often in an undesired manner
   - discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn]

1. Having or capable of producing colors
   "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"
   - colour [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: coloring, colored, colors

See also: chromatic, coloration, colored [US], colorful [US], coloring [US], colorist [US], colorless [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], colourless [Brit, Cdn], uncolored [US], uncoloured [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: act upon, adorn, affect, alter, apologise [Brit], apologize, appearance, bear on, bear upon, beautify, change, decorate, embellish, excuse, form, grace, impact, influence, interest, interestingness, justify, kind, material, modify, ornament, quality, race, rationalise [Brit], rationalize, sort, stuff, timber, timbre, tone, touch, touch on, variety, visual aspect, visual property, work

Antonym: black-and-white, colorlessness [US], discolor [US]

Encyclopedia: Color

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