Meaning of color | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The spectral composition of visible light.
   uncountable
2. change color, a. to blush.
3. A subset thereof:
   countable
4. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
   countable
5. 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.
6. Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
   uncountable
7. color blindness. Also called acritochromacy.
8. 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).
   countable, uncountable
9. a variety of color blindness characterized by an inability to distinguish blue.
10. Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.
    countable, uncountable
11. the condition of being or becoming white or whitish. — albescent, adj.
    adj
12. A paint.
    countable, uncountable
13. the process of turning white or whitish.
14. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
    uncountable
15. 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
16. Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
    countable, uncountable
17. the branch of opties that studies the properties of colors.
18. A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
    countable, uncountable
19. the study of colors. Also called chromatography.
20. Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
21. an instrument consisting of an arrangement of colored dises which, when rotated rapidly, give the impression of colors flowing to or from the center.
22. A standard, flag, or insignia:
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
23. A standard or banner.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
24. The flag of a nation or team.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
25. Gang insignia.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
26. An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
27. The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
28. A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.
    countable, uncountable
29. 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.
    uncountable
30. The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
    countable, uncountable
31. Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
    countable, uncountable
32. A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
    countable, uncountable
33. An appearance of right or authority; color of law.
    countable, uncountable
34. Gold, particles of gold found when prospecting.
    countable, uncountable
35. To bleed, either through injury or blading. Usally prefaced with "get".
    countable, slang, uncountable
36. Timbre, often in relation to orchestration.
    countable, uncountable
37. The quality of a particular vowel sound.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Humans and birds can perceive color.”

“Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.”

“What color are your bf's eyes?”

“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.”

“The accident victim's face was white, drained of all color.”

“This film is broadcast in color. Most people dream in color, but some dream in black and white.”

“The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.”

“Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.”

“[…] 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.”

“color commentator”

“color commentary”

“There is a great deal of colour in his writing.”

“a bit of local color”

“Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […]”

“Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?”

“The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.”

“The colors were raised over the new territory.”

“The arrival of the British Consul at Bangkok shall not take place before the ratification of this Treaty, nor until ten vessels owned by British subjects, sailing under British colours and with British papers, shall have entered the port of Bangkok for purposes of trade, subsequent to the signing of this Treaty.”

“Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.”

“He was awarded colors for his football.”

“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.”

“Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.”

“They held possession under color of title.”

“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.”

“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.”

“He smelted Wells’s colour before it was valued, and by the time anybody saw it, it had been poured into bars and stamped with the Reserve seal.”

“The local hero is getting color in tonight's spectacle.”

“In other words, Brahms saves the higher violin color for the more important foreground statement and assigns the soft swirling background to middle-register violins and violas, while the cellos dominate in their best voice.”

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