1. Noun
See Color.
2. Verb
modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
3. Noun
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
Vocabulary classified under Physics
4. Noun
the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
5. Noun
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
6. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
7. Noun
interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
8. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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