color

CEFRA1

/ˈkʌl.ə/

noun · verb

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01
noun
The quality of something seen as red, blue, green, or another shade.
02
verb
To add color to something.

Examples

I don't like your taste in color.
Your watch is similar to mine in shape and color.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

[ˈkʰɐɫ.ɐ]

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noun

Extra meanings

A subset thereof:, A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
The spectral composition of visible light.
A subset thereof:

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Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
Humans and birds can perceive color.
What color are your bf's eyes?

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[…] her very embarrassment wore a graceful air; her high colour had softened down to a warm, delicate tint; and her dress, which looked beautifully new and fresh, was in good taste, and showed her off to advantage.
1864, Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham, Late Laurels, volumes 1-2, page 117
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
At the far end of the continuum, Roger Seagraves collected personal items from people he'd murdered, or assassinated rather, since he'd done it under the color of serving his country.
2011, David Baldacci, The Collectors
The only thing which this defendant is accused of doing is that he excluded this boy from the school, and he did it under the color of the statute relating to the subject, and did it because he was a colored boy.
1882, The Ohio Law Journal, volume 2, page 396
no such action, suit, or any other process or proceeding thereupon shall at any time be impeached, stayed, or delayed by or under colour or pretence of any privilege of Parliament.
1770, “Parliamentary Privilege Act 1770”, in legislation.gov.uk

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Origin

noun

From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color. Doublet of couleur. Largely displaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants (English hue), which is less often used in this sense. The spelling color was popularized in modern American English by Noah Webster, to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and make all American spellings of the derivatives consistent (colorimeter, coloration, colorize, colorless, etc).

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noun

The artist mixed blue and yellow to create a new blank.