Colour Definition

kulər

noun

Color.

Webster's New World

The system of colour television.

This film is broadcast in colour.

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(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.

Humans and birds can perceive colour.

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(countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.

Most languages have names for the colours black, white, red, and green.

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(uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).

He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all colour".

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Synonyms:

Synonyms:
people of colour
people-of-color
color
gloss
semblance
coloring material
colouring material
vividness
coloration
colouration
coloring
colouring

verb

(intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers or crayons.

My kindergartener loves to colour.

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(of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.

Her face coloured as she realised her mistake.

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To affect without completely changing.

That interpretation certainly colours my perception of the book.

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(informal) To attribute a quality to.

Colour me confused.

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To give something colour.

We could colour the walls red.

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adjective

Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.

Colour television and films were considered a great improvement over black and white.

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Synonyms:

Synonyms:
color

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
black-and-white

Other Word Forms of Colour

Noun

Singular:

colour

Plural:

colours

Origin of Colour

Middle English colo(u)r, from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color, from Old Latin colos "covering", from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to cover, conceal”). Akin to Latin cēlō (“I hide, conceal”). Displaced Middle English blee (“colour”), from Old English blēo. More at blee.

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In the US, the spelling color is used to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and to make all derivatives consistent (colorimeter, colorize, colorless, etc). Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, the spelling colour has been retained.

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