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Colour
ˈkʌlə
- the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light
"the lights flickered and changed colour"
- one, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow, sometimes including (loosely) black and white
"a rich brown colour"
- the use of all colours, not only black and white, in photography or television
"he has shot the whole film in colour"
- rosiness or redness of the face as an indication of health or of embarrassment, anger, etc.
"there was some colour back in his face"
- a substance used to give something a particular colour
"lip colour"
- an act of applying a substance to the hair to give it a particular colour
"I went to the hairdressers for a cut and colour"
- any of the major conventional colours used in coats of arms (gules, vert, sable, azure, purpure), especially as opposed to the metals, furs, and stains
- any of the balls other than the white cue ball and the reds
"Hendry potted the last four colours to win 5–4"
- pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's ethnicity
"discrimination on the basis of colour"
- a group of people considered as being distinguished by skin pigmentation
"all colours and nationalities"
- vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things
"for colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies"
- features that lend a particularly interesting quality to something
"a town full of colour and character"
- variety of musical tone or expression
"orchestral colour"
- an item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team
"it was Devon Loch's first victory in the colours of his royal owner"
- a badge, cap, or other item in the distinctive colours of a particular school, awarded to a pupil selected to represent the school in a sport
- the flag of a country, or of a regiment or ship
"all over the world countries which had long been administered by others were hoisting their own colours"
- a shade of meaning
"many events in her past had taken on a different colour"
- a quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour
- change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it
"he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades"
- take on a different colour
"the foliage will not colour well if the soil is too rich"
- fill (a shape or outline) with colour
"he hated finger-painting and colouring in pictures"
- make vivid or picturesque
"he has coloured the dance with gestures from cabaret and vaudeville"
- (of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush
"she coloured slightly"
- cause (a person's skin) to change in colour
"rage coloured his pale complexion"
- (of an emotion) imbue (a person's voice) with a particular tone
"surprise coloured her voice"
- influence, especially in a negative way; distort
"the experiences had coloured her whole existence"
- misrepresent by distortion or exaggeration
"witnesses might colour evidence to make a story saleable"