colour (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 14 senses of the word *colour*:
NOUN	substance	colour, coloring material, colouring material, color	any material used for its color
cognition	colour, color	(physics) the characteristic / characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
attribute	colour, color, vividness	interest and variety and intensity
attribute	colour, color, coloration, colouration	the timbre of a musical sound
attribute	colour, color, coloring, colouring	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
attribute	colour, semblance, gloss, color	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
attribute	colour, 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
ADJECTIVE	all	colour, color	having or capable of producing colors
VERB	social	colour, color	modify or bias
creation	colour, color, emblazon	decorate with colors
communication	colour, color, gloss	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
communication	colour, tinge, color, distort	affect as in thought or feeling
change	colour, color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in	add color to
change	colour, discolor, discolour, color	change color, often in an undesired manner

English > *colour*: 14 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Having or capable of producing colors.
Synonym	color
Category	photography, picture taking	The act of taking and printing photographs
Opposite	black-and-white, black and white	not having or not capable of producing colors

English > *colour*: 14 senses > noun 1, substance
Meaning	Any material used for its color.
Synonyms	coloring material, colouring material, color
Narrower	dye, dyestuff	A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
	hematochrome	A reddish coloring material found in some algae
	indicator	(chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance
	mordant	A substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing
	paint, pigment	A substance used as a coating / coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid / liquid)
	pigment	dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid / liquid to produce paint, etc.)
	pigment	Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
	stain	(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
	tincture	A substances that colors metals
Broader	material, stuff	The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Spanish	colorante, color, materia colorante, material colorante
Catalan	colorant
Verbs	colour	change color, often in an undesired manner
	colour	decorate with colors
	colour	modify or bias

English > *colour*: 14 senses > noun 2, cognition
Meaning	(physics) the characteristic / characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction.
Synonym	color
Category	particle physics, high-energy physics, high energy physics	The branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions
Broader	kind, sort, form, variety	A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic / characteristic or quality
Catalan	color

English > *colour*: 14 senses > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	interest and variety and intensity.
Synonyms	color, vividness
Attributes	colorful, colourful	Having striking color
Attributes	colorless, colourless	Weak in color
Broader	interest, interestingness	The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
Spanish	energía, intensidad, vivacidad, viveza
Catalan	energia, intensitat, vivacitat, vivor

English > *colour*: 14 senses > noun 4, attribute
Meaning	The timbre of a musical sound.
Synonyms	color, coloration, colouration
Broader	timbre, timber, quality, tone	(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Spanish	color
Catalan	color

English > *colour*: 14 senses > noun 5, attribute
Meaning	A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.
Synonyms	color, coloring, colouring
Attributes	colored, coloured, colorful	Having color or a certain color
Attributes	uncolored, uncoloured	Without color
Narrower	achromatic color, achromatic colour	A color lacking hue
	chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour	A color that has hue
	coloration, colouration	appearance with regard to color
	complexion, skin color, skin colour	The coloring of a person's face
	heather mixture, heather	interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
	mottle	An irregular arrangement of patches of color
	nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, dithered color, dithered colour	A color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color
	primary color, primary colour	Any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
	shade, tint, tincture, tone	A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
Broader	visual property	An attribute of vision
Opposite	colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity	The visual property of being without chromatic color
Spanish	coloración, colorido, color, tez
Catalan	coloració, color

English > *colour*: 14 senses > noun 6, attribute
Meaning	An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.
Synonyms	semblance, gloss, color
Narrower	color of law, colour of law	A mere semblance of legal right
	disguise, camouflage	An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
	face value	The apparent worth as opposed to the real worth
	guise, pretense, pretence, pretext	An artful or simulated semblance
	simulacrum	An insubstantial or vague semblance
	verisimilitude	The appearance of truth
Broader	appearance, visual aspect	outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Spanish	apariencia, color, matiz, semblanza
Catalan	aparença, color, matís, semblant

English > *colour*: 14 senses > noun 7, attribute
Meaning	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	color
Broader	appearance, visual aspect	outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Catalan	color

English > *colour*: 14 senses > verb 1, social
Meaning	modify or bias.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonym	color
Broader	influence, act upon, work	Have and exert influence or effect
Spanish	teñir
Nouns	colour	any material used for its color

English > *colour*: 14 senses > verb 2, creation
Meaning	decorate with colors.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	color, emblazon
Narrower	miniate	paint with red lead or vermilion
Broader	decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify	make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc.
Spanish	adornar, colorar, colorear
Catalan	acolorar, acolorir, colorar, colorir, pintar
Nouns	colour	any material used for its color

English > *colour*: 14 senses > verb 3, communication
Meaning	Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	color, gloss
Broader	apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
Spanish	maquillar

English > *colour*: 14 senses > verb 4, communication
Meaning	affect as in thought or feeling.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	tinge, color, distort
Broader	affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch	Have an effect upon

English > *colour*: 14 senses > verb 5, change
Meaning	add color to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in
Narrower	aurify	Turn golden
	azure	color azure
	blackwash	color with blackwash
	embrown, brown	make brown in color
	grey, gray	make grey
	handcolor, handcolour	color by hand
	imbue, hue	suffuse with color
	incarnadine	make flesh-colored
	motley, parti-color	make motley
	mottle, streak, blotch	mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
	pigment	color or dye with a pigment
	pinkify	make pink
	polychrome, polychromize, polychromise	color with many colors
	purple, empurple, purpurate	color purple
	redden	make red
	retouch	Give retouches to (hair)
	silver	make silver in color
	tint, tinct, tinge, touch	color lightly
	tone	change to a color image
	verdigris	color verdigris
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	discolor	Lose color / color or turn colorless
Spanish	colorar, colorear
Catalan	acolorar, acolorir, colorar, colorir, pintar
Nouns	colouring	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Nouns	colouring	a digestible substance used to give color to food

English > *colour*: 14 senses > verb 6, change
Meaning	change color, often in an undesired manner.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	discolor, discolour, color
Caused by	discolor	Cause to lose or change color
Narrower	blacken, melanize, melanise, black	make or become black
	blue	Turn blue
	blush, crimson, flush, redden	Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
	dye	color with dye
	green	Turn or become green
	grey, gray	Turn grey
	pale, blanch, blench	Turn pale, as if in fear
	purple	Become purple
	redden	Turn red or redder
	silver	Turn silver
	sunburn, burn	Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
	tan, bronze	Get a tan, from wind or sun
	tone	change the color or tone of
	turn	change color / color
	whiten, white	Turn white
	yellow	Turn yellow
Broader	change	Undergo a change
Spanish	decolorarse, decolorar, descolorar
Catalan	descolorar, descolorir-se, descolorir
Nouns	colour	any material used for its color
Nouns	colouring	the act or process of changing the color / color of something

HyperDic: colour