What are some opposite words for colour?

Antonyms for colour
ˈkʌl ərcolour

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term colour.

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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

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  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

How to use colour in a sentence?

  1. Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey:

    Let Africans remain good Africans and not a poor copy of Europeans. In the whole wide world, Africa my Africa came first. I'm proud of my colour whosoever is not proud of his colour is not fit to live. Only the best for Africa.

  2. Massimo Bottura:

    Sometimes I wonder if guests are present at the table when they are obsessing about photographing everything they eat, one time a guest suggested I change the colour of the plates (from white to black) because he said the photographs would look better.

  3. David Bennett:

    A new record price for a ruby, in over 40 years, I cannot recall ever having seen another Burmese ruby of this exceptional size possessing such outstanding colour.

  4. 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.

  5. Feltham:

    He that would build lastingly must lay his foundation low. The proud man, like the early shoots of a new-felled coppice, thrusts out full of sap, green in leaves, and fresh in colour, but bruises and breaks with every wind, is nipped with every little cold, and, being top-heavy, is wholly unfit for use. Whereas the humble man retains it in the root, can abide the winter?s killing blast, the ruffling concussions of the wind, and can endure far more than that which appears so flourishing.

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