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Colour (Noun)

Meaning 1

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

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Colouration
  • Color
  • Coloration

Hypernyms

  • Tone
  • Quality
  • Timbre

Meaning 2

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

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Vividness
  • Color

Hypernyms

  • Interest

Meaning 3

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

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Color

Hypernyms

  • Appearance

Meaning 4

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".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Colouring
  • Coloring
  • Color

Hypernyms

  • Visual Property

Hyponyms

  • Tincture
  • Skin Colour
  • Tone
  • Heather Mixture
  • Dithered Color
  • Primary Color
  • Spectral Colour
  • Dithered Colour
  • Nonsolid Color
  • Chromatic Color
  • Mottle
  • Complexion
  • Achromatic Color
  • Shade
  • Coloration
  • Spectral Color

Meaning 5

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

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Color

Hypernyms

  • Kind
  • Variety
  • Form

Meaning 6

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".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Semblance
  • Color
  • Gloss

Hypernyms

  • Appearance
  • Visual Aspect

Hyponyms

  • Camouflage
  • Face Value
  • Colour Of Law
  • Guise
  • Disguise
  • Simulacrum
  • Color Of Law
  • Pretense
  • Pretence
  • Verisimilitude

Meaning 7

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

Classification

Nouns denoting substances.

Synonyms

  • Colouring Material
  • Color
  • Coloring Material

Hypernyms

  • Stuff
  • Material

Hyponyms

  • Tincture
  • Indicator
  • Hematochrome
  • Stain
  • Pigment
  • Dyestuff
  • Paint
  • Dye
  • Mordant

Related Words

  • Colour (verb)
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