color in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   color  colour  coloring  colouring 
   
2. the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
   color  colour 
   
3. the timbre of a musical sound
   "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
   color  colour  coloration  colouration 
   
4. interest and variety and intensity
   "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
   color  colour  vividness 
   
5. 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"
   semblance  gloss  color  colour 
   
6. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
   "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
   color  colour 
   
7. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
   color  colour  people of color  people of colour 
   
8. any material used for its color
   "she used a different color for the trim"
   coloring material  colouring material  color  colour 
   

1. add color to
   "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
   color  colorize  colorise  colourise  colourize  colour  color in  colour in 
   
2. change color, often in an undesired manner
   "The shirts discolored"
   discolor  discolour  colour  color 
   
3. affect as in thought or feeling
   "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
   tinge  color  colour  distort 
   
4. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
   "color a lie"
   color  colour  gloss 
   
5. decorate with colors
   "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
   color  colour  emblazon 
   
6. modify or bias
   "His political ideas color his lectures"
   color  colour 
   

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