Colour

[kʌlә]

Definition

(n.) See Color.

Inputed by Bartholomew

Definition

n. a property of light which causes bodies to have different appearances to the eye: the hue or appearance which bodies present to the eye: appearance of blood in the face: appearance: pretext: tint: paint: false show: kind: (pl.) a flag ensign or standard: paints.—v.t. to put colour on: to stain: to paint: to set in a fair light: to exaggerate: to misrepresent.—v.i. to show colour: to blush.—adjs. Colorif′ic containing or producing colours; Col′ourable having a fair appearance: designed to conceal.—adv. Col′ourably.—n. Colourā′tion.—adj. Col′our-blind unable to distinguish between colours.—n. Col′our-blind′ness.—adjs. Col′oured having colour: (Spens.) having a specious appearance deceitful: of the complexion other than white.—ns. Col′ouring any substance used to give colour: manner of applying colours: specious appearance; Col′ourist one who colours or paints: one who excels in colouring.—adj. Col′ourless without colour: transparent: neutral.—ns. Col′ourman one who prepares and sells colours; Col′our-ser′geant the sergeant who guards the colours of a regiment.—adj. Col′oury having much colour.—Colour a pipe to cause a tobacco-pipe esp. a meerschaum to take on a brown or black colour by smoking.—A person of colour a person of negro blood.—Change colour to turn pale: to blush; Come off with flying colours to do something with great 閏lat; Come out in one's true colours to appear in one's real character; Desert one's colours to abandon one's post or duty; Fast colour a colour which does not fade when washed; Fight under false colours to put forward a false pretence as a cover for one's actions; Give colour to give plausibility: Hang out false colours to put up another's flag to pretend to belong to another party than one really does; High colour pronounced redness of complexion; Lose colour to lose one's good looks; Nail one's colours to the mast to commit one's self to some party or plan of action; Off colour faded: past one's best; Paint in bright colours to embellish: to exaggerate; Primary colours the three colours red green and violet from which the others called Secondary colours can be obtained; Show one's colours to show what are one's inclinations opinions or character; Stick to one's colours to adhere to one's party or opinions; Under colour of under the pretext of; Without colour without disguise: colourless: without individuality.

Typist: Willard

Examples

Checker: Willa

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