1. A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit, transmit or reflect
   "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], coloring [US], colouring [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
   "The vibrant colors of the sunset painted the sky";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Any material used for its color
   "she used a different color for the trim";
   - coloring material [US], colouring material [Brit, Cdn], colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Interest and variety and intensity
   "the Puritan Period was lacking in color";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], vividness
    
5. The timbre of a musical sound
   "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn], coloration, colouration [Brit, Cdn]
    
6. An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
   "the situation soon took on a different color";
   - semblance, gloss, colour [Brit, Cdn]
    
7. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
   "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors";
   - colour [Brit, Cdn]

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

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

Derived forms: colored, colors, coloring

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

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

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

Encyclopedia: Color, The