colour

Sense 1 noun

any material used for its color

she used a different color for the trim

Sense 2 verb

modify or bias

His political ideas color his lectures

Sense 3 adjective

having or capable of producing colors

color film

Sense 4 noun

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

Sense 5 verb

decorate with colors

color the walls with paint in warm tones

Sense 6 noun

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

each flavor of quarks comes in three colors

Sense 7 verb

give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

color a lie

Sense 8 noun

interest and variety and intensity

the Puritan Period was lacking in color

Sense 9 verb

affect as in thought or feeling

My personal feelings color my judgment in this case

Sense 10 noun

the timbre of a musical sound

the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music

Sense 11 verb

add color to

The child colored the drawings

Sense 12 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

Sense 13 verb

change color, often in an undesired manner

The shirts discolored

Sense 14 noun

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity

Sense 15 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