color
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,758 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,327 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect also: colour, coloring, colouring a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
- interest and variety and intensity also: colour, vividness the Puritan Period was lacking in colorthe characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
- the timbre of a musical sound also: colour, coloration, colouration the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading also: semblance, gloss, colour he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticityhe tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
- any material used for its color also: coloring material, colouring material, colour she used a different color for the trim
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction also: colour each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
verb
- add color to also: colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in The child colored the drawingsFall colored the trees
color in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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That is yellow, and yellow is the color of gold.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1
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The curtains retained but a vague shade of their original color.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Get in touch with that country, and your local color will convince.
The Lure of the Dim Trails · B. M. Bower · Chapter 1
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Discuss color schemes, costuming, property making, lighting and scenic effects with your actors.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Primrose had always a very faint color; at Poppy's words it deepened slightly.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1