colour
having or capable of producing colors
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,705 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,623 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having or capable of producing colors also: color color filmhe rented a color television
noun
- any material used for its color also: coloring material, colouring material, color she used a different color for the trim
- (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction also: color each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
- interest and variety and intensity also: color, vividness the Puritan Period was lacking in colorthe characters were delineated with exceptional vividness
- the timbre of a musical sound also: color, coloration, colouration the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect also: color, coloring, colouring a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading also: semblance, gloss, color he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticityhe tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
colour 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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A roan horse is of a reddish colour, with white hairs thickly interspersed.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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The colour rose in her cheeks as she held out her hand to him.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Mattie came forward, unwinding her wraps, the colour of the cherry scarf in her fresh lips and cheeks.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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His colour sickened more and more, He faded into age; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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He was really neither, but was well-built and well-dressed, and had good grayish-brown eyes, about the colour of his grayish-brown hair.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1