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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

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

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How to use colour in a sentence?

  1. David Bennett:

    In over 40 years, I cannot recall ever having seen another Burmese ruby of this exceptional size possessing such outstanding colour.

  2. Mustafa Ali:

    I wear a colour based on my mood.

  3. Francois Curiel:

    It is absolutely a top price for a stone of this quality, because of its colour. There are few pink-pink the way this one was, it shows we are dealing with a very healthy stone market.

  4. Christen Kuikoua:

    For Black is not a curse, nor source of shame, It’s a Colour that should Be worn with pride. For all the trashes of this world to blame, We rise determined, our beauty to proclaim.

  5. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

    A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.


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