colournoun
UK US color uk/ˈkʌl.ər/us/ˈkʌl.ɚ/colour noun (APPEARANCE)
A1 [ C or U ] red, blue, green, yellow, etc.:
[ U ] the pleasant effect of a bright colour or of a lot of colours together:
[ C ] a substance, such as a paint or dye, that you add to something to give it a particular colour:
[ U ] a pink colour in someone's face, often showing good health or showing feelings such as embarrassment or excitement:
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- They painted the kitchen in bold colours - crimson, purple, and blue.
- She looks best in bright, vibrant colours, like red and pink.
- The dress is available in a choice of colours.
- I can't decide what colour to paint the walls.
- The colour red is used to denote passion or danger.
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Colour - general words
- chromatic
- color wheel
- colored
- colour wheel
- coloured
- coloured
- discolour
- high-visibility
- hue
- pigment
- pigmentation
- run
- shade
- spectral
- spectrum
- stain
- tie-dye
- tinge
- tone
- tone in
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colour noun (INTEREST)
C2 [ U ] interesting or exciting qualities or details:
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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
- a new lease of life idiom
- alacrity
- animation
- ardour
- avid
- flap
- frisky
- frisson
- get-up-and-go
- glamour
- gusto
- meaty
- shiver (up and) down your spine idiom
- sparkle
- spice
- spirit
- sprightly
- stimulation
- zap
- zest
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colour noun (RACE)
C2 [ C or U ] the natural colour of a person's skin which shows which race they belong to:
used to describe people who are not white:
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- coloured
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- waxen
- wrinkled
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colour noun (SYMBOL)
(at school, college, or university) an honour given to people who have been chosen for a sports team, often represented by a special symbol on a shirt or tie:
the official flag of a country, ship, or military group:
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Prizes, rewards and medals
- Academy Award
- award
- blue ribbon
- booby prize
- bronze
- bronze medal
- gong
- Grammy
- honor
- honorable
- honour
- honourable mention
- Pulitzer Prize
- Purple Heart
- quid pro quo
- reward
- ribbon
- stake
- trophy cabinet
- VC
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Idiom(s)
colouradjective
UK US color uk/ˈkʌl.ər/us/ˈkʌl.ɚ/Colour television, photography, or printing shows things in all their colours, not just in black and white.
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Colour - general words
- chromatic
- color wheel
- colored
- colour wheel
- coloured
- coloured
- discolour
- high-visibility
- hue
- pigment
- pigmentation
- run
- shade
- spectral
- spectrum
- stain
- tie-dye
- tinge
- tone
- tone in
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colourverb
UK US color uk/ˈkʌl.ər/us/ˈkʌl.ɚ/colour verb (BECOME A COLOUR)
A1 [ I or T ] to become a particular colour, or to make something a particular colour:
[ I ] to become red in the face because you are embarrassed
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Colour - general words
- chromatic
- color wheel
- colored
- colour wheel
- coloured
- coloured
- discolour
- high-visibility
- hue
- pigment
- pigmentation
- run
- shade
- spectral
- spectrum
- stain
- tie-dye
- tinge
- tone
- tone in
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colour verb (INFLUENCE)
C2 [ T often passive ] If something colours your opinion of something, it influences your opinion in a negative way:
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Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- act
- affect
- applicability
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth
- cross
- force
- inroad
- inspiration
- instrumental
- jerk
- lead 1
- leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
- thing
- tilt the balance/scales idiom
- turn sb's head idiom
- unlock
- warp
- work against/for sb
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