color
color is a 5-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.
- noun. Any hue distinguished from white or black.
- noun. The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.
- noun. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
- noun. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
- noun. Shade or variety of character; kind; species.
- noun. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).
- noun. An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
- transitive verb. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.
- transitive verb. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.
- transitive verb. To hide.
- intransitive verb. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
- 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
- noun. 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"
- 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"
- noun. the timbre of a musical sound
"the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
- noun. interest and variety and intensity
"the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
"the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
- noun. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
"each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
- noun. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
- noun. any material used for its color
"she used a different color for the trim"
- verb. change color, often in an undesired manner
"The shirts discolored"
- verb. add color to
"The child colored the drawings"
"Fall colored the trees"
- verb. affect as in thought or feeling
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
"The sadness tinged his life"
- verb. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
"color a lie"
- verb. decorate with colors
"color the walls with paint in warm tones"
- verb. modify or bias
"His political ideas color his lectures"
- adjective. having or capable of producing colors
"color film"
"he rented a color television"
Synonyms
colour, gloss, semblance, coloring, colouring, coloration, colouration, vividness, discolor, discolour, colorise, colorize, colourise, colourize, distort, tinge, emblazon
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in color:
Common word forms
colors, colored, colorer, colorful, coloring, colorise, colorize, colorable, colorless
Words from these letters
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