Synonyms for colour
ˈkʌl ərcolour

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1. colournoun

   Synonyms:
   tinge, influence, tint, call, blush, affect, paint, shade, stain, dye

2. colournoun

   Synonyms:
   hue, blee

3. colournoun

   Synonyms:
   blee, shade, hue

4. colourverb

   To give something colour.

   We could colour the walls red.

   Synonyms:
   blee, shade, paint, call, tint, blush, dye, tinge, influence, affect, stain

5. colourverb

   To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers or crayons.

   My son loves to colour.

   Synonyms:
   paint, influence, tint, affect, blush, stain, shade, call, dye, tinge

6. colournoun

   Of a face: To become red through increased blood flow, implying due to strong emotion.

   Her face coloured as she realised her mistake.

   Synonyms:
   influence, dye, shade, tinge, stain, blush, call, affect, paint, tint

7. colournoun

   To affect without completely changing.

   That interpretation certainly colours my perception of the book.

   Synonyms:
   race, ethnicity, blee, complexion, paint, affect, shade, tinge, stain, call, dye, tint, influence, blush

8. colournoun

   To attribute a quality to.

   Colour me confused.

   Synonyms:
   interest, shade, affect, influence, call, tint, paint, dye, tinge, blush, stain

9. colournoun

   : Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.

   Synonyms:
   stain

10. colournoun

    A standard or banner.

    The loss of their colours destroyed the regiment's morale.

    Synonyms:
    standard, banner

11. colournoun

    The system of colour television.

    This film is broadcast in colour.

    Synonyms:
    colour television

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1. coloring material, colouring material, color, colournoun

   any material used for its color

   "she used a different color for the trim"

   Synonyms:
   gloss, people of colour, color, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colouring material, semblance, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

2. color, colour, people of color, people of colournoun

   a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)

   Synonyms:
   color, gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

3. color, colournoun

   (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

   "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"

   Synonyms:
   color, gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

4. color, colour, vividnessnoun

   interest and variety and intensity

   "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"

   Synonyms:
   color, gloss, people of colour, chroma, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, intensity, saturation, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

5. color, colour, coloration, colourationnoun

   the timbre of a musical sound

   "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"

   Synonyms:
   color, gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

6. color, colour, coloring, colouringnoun

   a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

   "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"

   Synonyms:
   coloring, colouring, colouring material, people of color, vividness, people of colour, colouration, food colouring, semblance, color, coloration, food color, gloss, food coloring, coloring material, food colour

7. semblance, gloss, color, colournoun

   an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

   "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

   Synonyms:
   coloring, colouring, illusion, coloring material, polish, glossary, people of colour, vividness, colouring material, color, glossiness, semblance, likeness, coloration, colouration, rubric, gloss, burnish, people of color

8. color, colouradjective

   the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

   Synonyms:
   color, gloss, people of colour, semblance, coloring, colouration, coloring material, colouring material, colouring, vividness, coloration, people of color

9. color, colourverb

   having or capable of producing colors

   "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"

   Synonyms:
   color

10. color, colourverb

    modify or bias

    "His political ideas color his lectures"

    Synonyms:
    color in, colorize, emblazon, color, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

11. color, colour, emblazonverb

    decorate with colors

    "color the walls with paint in warm tones"

    Synonyms:
    color in, colorize, emblazon, color, blazon, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

12. color, colour, glossverb

    give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

    "color a lie"

    Synonyms:
    color in, comment, colorize, emblazon, annotate, color, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

13. tinge, color, colour, distortverb

    affect as in thought or feeling

    "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

    Synonyms:
    warp, discolor, touch, strain, wring, twist, deform, tinct, tint, colourise, colourize, colorize, contort, emblazon, distort, garble, color, twine, colour in, tinge, color in, gloss, colorise, falsify, discolour

14. color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour inverb

    add color to

    "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

    Synonyms:
    color in, colorize, emblazon, color, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, gloss, discolour, colour in, distort

15. discolor, discolour, colour, colorverb

    change color, often in an undesired manner

    "The shirts discolored"

    Synonyms:
    gloss, colorize, discolor, color in, colorise, tinge, emblazon, color, colourize, colourise, discolour, colour in, distort

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Appearance
   • Change
   • Excuse
   • High-energy Physics
   • Interest
   • Kind
   • Timbre
   • Visual Property

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1. List of paraphrases for "colour":

   color, colours, coloured, colors, colored, colouring, staining, complexion, colouration, coloration, colorimetric, cor, full-colour, colourful, couleurs, flush, chromaticity, hue, colour-coded

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1. Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray:

   Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.

2. Edmund Burke:

   The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another.

3. Chris Yakymchuk:

   The presence of graphite also gives us more clues to determine how rubies formed at this location, something that is impossible to do directly based on a ruby's colour and chemical composition.

4. Julien Crevaels:

   For me this picture could be a reminder of the absurdity, as I see it, of racism and the absurdity of such violence over the difference of colour.

5. Proverb:

   People are like chameleons; circumstances make them change their colour.