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colour
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Meanings
noun
  • the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.
    E.g. the lights flickered and changed colour
  • pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.
    E.g. discrimination on the basis of colour
  • vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things.
    E.g. for colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies
  • an item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team.
    E.g. it was Devon Loch's first victory in the colours of his royal owner
  • a shade of meaning.
    E.g. many events in her past had taken on a different colour
  • a quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red) for each flavour.
verb
  • change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.
    E.g. he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades
  • (of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush.
    E.g. she coloured slightly
  • influence, especially in a negative way; distort.
    E.g. the experiences had coloured her whole existence