Color (Verb)
Meaning 1
Add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Purpurate
- Streak
- Polychromise
- Gray
- Touch
- Brown
- Hue
- Parti-color
- Empurple
- Tinge
- Polychromize
- Handcolour
- Blotch
- Tinct
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Meaning 2
Modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 3
Decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 4
Change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Blue
- Burn
- Blacken
- Melanize
- Grey
- Melanise
- Silver
- Blench
- Blush
- Bronze
- White
- Dye
- Flush
- Tan
- Turn
- Gray
- Sunburn
- Pale
- Whiten
- Crimson
- Blanch
- Redden
- Tone
- Green
- Purple
- Yellow
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Meaning 5
Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- Her past experiences greatly color her perception of the world around her.
- The loss of her loved one deeply colored her outlook on life.
- The memories of their past argument began to color his feelings for her.
- His own biases color his interpretation of the data presented.
- Her love for nature colors the way she writes about it.
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Meaning 6
Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.