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Meaning
Noun
●
The
spectral
composition
of
visible
light.
●
A
subset
thereof:
A particular set of
visible
spectral
compositions
,
perceived
or
named
as a class.
Hue
as opposed to
achromatic
colors
(black,
white
and grays).
These
hues
as used in
color television
or
films
,
color
photographs
, etc (
as opposed to
the
shades
of
grey
used in
black-and-white
television
).
●
In Heraldry:
A
subset
thereof:
Any of the
standard
dark
tinctures
used in a
coat of arms
, including
azure
,
gules
,
sable
, and vert.
●
A paint.
●
Human
skin
tone
, especially as an
indicator
of
race
or ethnicity.
●
In Medicine:
Skin
color
,
noted
as
normal
,
jaundiced
,
cyanotic
,
flush
,
mottled
,
pale
, or
ashen
as part of the
skin signs
assessment.
●
A
flushed
appearance
of blood in the
face
;
redness
of complexion.
●
Richness of
expression
;
detail
or
flavour
that is likely to
generate
interest or enjoyment.
●
In Flags:
A
standard
,
flag
, or insignia:
A
standard
or banner.
●
A
standard
,
flag
, or insignia:
The
flag
of a
nation
or team.
Gang insignia.
●
An
award
for
sporting
achievement
,
particularly
within a school or university.
●
In Military:
The
morning
ceremony
of
raising
the flag.
●
In Physics:
A
property
of
quarks
, with three
values
called
red
,
green
, and
blue
, which they can
exchange
by
passing
gluons
;
color
charge.
●
In Finance:
A third-order
measure
of
derivative
price
sensitivity
,
expressed
as the rate of change of
gamma
with respect to
time, or
equivalently
the rate of change of
charm
with respect to
changes in the
underlying
asset
price.
●
In Typography:
The
relative
lightness
or
darkness
of a
mass
of
written
or
printed
text
on a
page
. (See
type color
on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
●
In Snooker:
Any of the
colored
balls
excluding the reds.
●
A front or
facade
; an
ostensible
truth
actually
false
; pretext.
●
An
appearance
of right or
authority
;
color
of law.
Adj
●
Conveying
color
,
as opposed to
shades
of gray.
Verb
●
To give something color.
To cause (a
pipe
, especially a
meerschaum
) to
take on
a
brown
or
black color
, by smoking.
●
To
apply
colors
to the areas within the
boundaries
of a
line
drawing
using
colored
markers
or crayons.
●
To become
red
through increased blood flow.
●
To
affect
without
completely
changing.
●
To
attribute
a quality to; to
portray
(as).
●
In Graph theory & Mathematics:
To
assign
colors
to the
vertices
of a
graph
(or the
regions
of a
map
) so that no two
vertices
connected
by an
edge
(regions
sharing
a
border
) have the same color.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
color
English
color
Middle English (1100-1500)
colur
Anglo-Norman
colour
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Blee
Color
Colour
Hue
Shade
Tincture
Tint
Complexion
Ethnicity
Race
Banner
Standard
Dye
Paint
Stain
Tinge
Blush
Affect
Influence
Call
Colla
Coffee
Nationality
Color Television
Gamma Decay
Color In
More
Antonyms
Decolor
Related
Hue
Shade
Pigment
Dye
Tint
Texture
Paint
Colouring
Image
Light
Brightness
Shape
Tone
Red
Yellow
Skin
Coloured
Pigmentation
Magenta
Palette
Pink
Style
Purple
Shading
Appearance
Flavor
Blue
Black
Stripe
Orange
Picture
Hues
Flavour
Glow
Shades
Grey
Stain
Coat
Touch
Pixel
Brighten
Decorate
Contour
Pattern
Surface
Chromatic
Rgb
Polish
Brown
Display
Colour Scheme
Light Up
Eye Colour
More
Rhymes
Color
Muller
Coloring
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