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Meaning of color | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. change color, a. to blush.
  2. The sensation produced by the effect of light waves striking the retina of the eye. The color of something depends mainly on which wavelengths of light it emits, reflects, or transmits.
  3. color blindness. Also called acritochromacy.
  4. a variety of color blindness characterized by an inability to distinguish blue.
  5. the condition of being or becoming white or whitish. — albescent, adj.
    adj
  6. the process of turning white or whitish.
  7. the condition or quality of changing in color or luster depending on the angle of light, exhibited especially by a gemstone that reflects a single shaft of light when cut in cabochon form. — chatoyant, adj.
    adj
  8. the branch of opties that studies the properties of colors.
  9. the study of colors. Also called chromatography.
  10. an instrument consisting of an arrangement of colored dises which, when rotated rapidly, give the impression of colors flowing to or from the center.

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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