Dictionary Entry

colour

colour is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Color. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 16 senses

Definitions

1noun
See Color.
2noun
the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Synonyms
color
3noun
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"
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color gloss semblance
4noun
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"
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color coloring colouring
5noun
the timbre of a musical sound
"the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
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color coloration colouration
6noun
interest and variety and intensity
"the Puritan Period was lacking in color"
"the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
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color vividness
7noun
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
"each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
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color
8noun
a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
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color
9noun
any material used for its color
"she used a different color for the trim"
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color
10verb
change color, often in an undesired manner
"The shirts discolored"
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color discolor discolour
11verb
add color to
"The child colored the drawings"
"Fall colored the trees"
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color colorize colourize
12verb
affect as in thought or feeling
"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
"The sadness tinged his life"
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color distort tinge
13verb
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
"color a lie"
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color gloss
14verb
decorate with colors
"color the walls with paint in warm tones"
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color emblazon
15verb
modify or bias
"His political ideas color his lectures"
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color
16adjective
having or capable of producing colors
"color film"
"he rented a color television"
Synonyms
color

Synonyms

color gloss semblance coloring colouring coloration colouration vividness discolor discolour colorize colourize distort tinge emblazon

Common word forms

colours coloured colourer colourful colouring colourize colourable colourless

Words from these letters

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