colour
Adjective
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referred to in: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographssame as: color
Noun
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is a type of: material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical objectsubtypes:
- paint, pigment - a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- indicator - (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction
- mordant - a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
- dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
- tincture - a substance that colors or dyes
- hematochrome - a reddish coloring material found in some algae
- pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a 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
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referred to in: high energy physics, high-energy physics, particle physics - the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactionsis a type of: form, kind, sort, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualitysame as: color
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tells us about:
- colorful, colourful - having much or varied color
- colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
is a type of: interest, interestingness - the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) -
tells us about:
- colored, colorful, coloured - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- uncolored, uncoloured - without color
is a type of: visual property - an attribute of visionsubtypes:- primary color, primary colour - any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing
- heather, heather mixture - interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color
- mottle - an irregular arrangement of patches of color
- shade, tincture, tint, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue
- achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
- coloration, colouration - appearance with regard to color
- complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
- dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour - a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color
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is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thingsubtypes:
- color of law, colour of law - a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law
- simulacrum - an insubstantial or vague semblance
- face value - the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth
- guise, pretence, pretense, pretext - an artful or simulated semblance
- camouflage, disguise - an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- verisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
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is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thingsame as: color
Verb
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same as: color
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is a type of: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.subtypes: miniate - paint with red lead or vermilion
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is a type of: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
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subtypes:
- blackwash - color with blackwash
- motley, parti-color - make motley; color with different colors
- polychrome, polychromise, polychromize - color with many colors; make polychrome
- azure - color azure
- empurple, purple, purpurate - color purple
- aurify - turn golden
- verdigris - color verdigris
- pinkify - make pink
- incarnadine - make flesh-colored
- brown, embrown - make brown in color
- handcolor, handcolour - color by hand
- tinct, tinge, tint, touch - color lightly
- pigment - color or dye with a pigment
- hue, imbue - suffuse with color
- retouch - give retouches to (hair)
- silver - make silver in color
- gray, grey - make grey
- tone - change to a color image
- redden - make red
- blotch, mottle, streak - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes:
- blush, crimson, flush, redden - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- blanch, blench, pale - turn pale, as if in fear
- bronze, tan - get a tan, from wind or sun
- burn, sunburn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- white, whiten - turn white
- black, blacken, melanise, melanize - make or become black
- turn - change color
- silver - turn silver
- dye - color with dye
- redden - turn red or redder
- purple - become purple
- gray, grey - turn grey
- yellow - turn yellow
- tone - change the color or tone of
- green - turn or become green
- blue - turn blue
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- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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