colour

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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