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 é–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
- Her colour burned deeper, but she held his gaze. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Her rich colour, her quick blood, her rapid breath, were all setting themselves against the opportunity of retracing their steps. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Then her colour came up, a heavy rage came over her like a cloud. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns, said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It was a clay pipe, and its colour was reddish. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- What colour, and what texture! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm as dry as a kex with biding up here in the wind, and I haven't seen the colour of drink since nammet-time today. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The line between the two colours preserved no sort of regularity. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She's that earnest, says Mr. Bagnet, and true to her colours--that, touch us with a finger--and she turns out--and stands to her arms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I feel how vivid an impression I must have produced to have been painted in such strong, such rich, such massive colours as these. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At seven he painted the Battle of Waterloo with tiger-lily pollen and black-currant juice, in the absence of water-colours. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The long-sought-for problem of photographing in colours has in a measure been solved. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Immediately he passed an order to one of his officers, and presently the colours of the Prince of Helium broke from every point of the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There is no denying that she was as pretty as they, and that she and the colours went very prettily together. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miss Bart coloured slowly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She reproached herself, coloured, and looked fearfully towards her father and mother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He had a broad straw hat on, with a violet-coloured ribbon round it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had thrown off the seedy frockcoat, and now he was the Holmes of old in the mouse-coloured dressing-gown which he took from his effigy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is evident the idea of darkness is no positive idea, but merely the negation of light, or more properly speaking, of coloured and visible objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Ursula was stitching a piece of brightly-coloured embroidery, and Gudrun was drawing upon a board which she held on her knee. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You doubt me, cried Jane, slightly colouring; indeed, you have no reason. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You are too kind, said Fanny, colouring at such praise; how shall I ever thank you as I ought, for thinking so well of me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I have, returned Elinor, colouring likewise, and hardening her heart anew against any compassion for him, I have heard it all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I do indeed, replied Elizabeth, colouring. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Colouring a little under this compliment, Bella returned, 'I hope sir, you don't think me vain? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Our misery took its majestic shape and colouring from the vast ruin, that accompanied and made one with it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nothing particular, sir,' replied Mr. Giles, colouring up to the eyes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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