· 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"

Synonym(s): colour, coloring, colouring

Hypernym(s): visual_property

Antonym(s): colorlessness

· interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"

Synonym(s): colour, vividness

Hypernym(s): interest, interestingness

· the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"

Synonym(s): colour, coloration, colouration

Hypernym(s): timbre, timber, quality, tone

· a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

Synonym(s): colour, people_of_color, people_of_colour

Hypernym(s): race

· 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"

Synonym(s): semblance, gloss, colour

Hypernym(s): appearance, visual_aspect

· any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"

Synonym(s): coloring_material, colouring_material, colour

Hypernym(s): material, stuff

· (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"

Synonym(s): colour

Hypernym(s): kind, sort, form, variety

· the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

Synonym(s): colour

Hypernym(s): appearance, visual_aspect

· add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

Synonym(s): colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

Antonym(s): discolor

· affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

Synonym(s): tinge, colour, distort

Hypernym(s): affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch

· modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"

Synonym(s): colour

Hypernym(s): influence, act_upon, work

· decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"

Synonym(s): colour, emblazon

Hypernym(s): decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

· give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"

Synonym(s): colour, gloss

Hypernym(s): apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise

· change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"

Synonym(s): discolor, discolour, colour

Hypernym(s): change

· having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"

Synonym(s): colour

Antonym(s): black-and-white