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colour > 15 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	colour, color	Having or capable of producing colors
NOUN	1	colour, coloring material, colouring material, color	Any material used for its color
	2	colour, color, people of color, people of colour	A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
	3	colour, color	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	4	colour, color, vividness	Interest and variety and intensity
	5	colour, color, coloration, colouration	The timbre of a musical sound
	6	colour, color, coloring, colouring	A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
	7	colour, semblance, gloss, color	An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	8	colour, color	The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
VERB	1	colour, color	Modify or bias
	2	colour, color, emblazon	Decorate with colors
	3	colour, color, gloss	Gloss or excuse
	4	colour, tinge, color, distort	Affect as in thought or feeling
	5	colour, color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in	Add color to
	6	colour, discolor, discolour, color	Change color, often in an undesired manner

colour > adjective
Meaning	Having or capable of producing colors.
Synonyms	color
Contrary	black-and-white, black and white
Category	photography, picture taking

colour > noun 1, substance
Meaning	Any material used for its color.
Synonyms	coloring material, colouring material, color
Broader	material, stuff
Narrower	paint; indicator; mordant; dye, dyestuff; tincture; hematochrome; pigment; stain
Verbs	colour; colour; colour

colour > noun 2, group
Meaning	A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks).
Synonyms	color, people of color, people of colour
Members	person of color, person of colour
Broader	race

colour > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction. Each flavor of quarks comes in three colors.
Synonyms	color
Category	particle physics, high-energy physics, high energy physics
Broader	kind, sort, form, variety

colour > noun 4, attribute
Meaning	Interest and variety and intensity.
Synonyms	color, vividness
Broader	interest, interestingness
Attributes	colorful, colourful; colorless, colourless

colour > noun 5, attribute
Meaning	The timbre of a musical sound.
Synonyms	color, coloration, colouration
Broader	timbre, timber, quality, tone

colour > noun 6, attribute
Meaning	A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.
Synonyms	color, coloring, colouring
Contrary	colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity
Broader	visual property
Narrower	heather mixture, heather; mottle; shade, tint, tincture, tone; chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour; achromatic color, achromatic colour; coloration, colouration; complexion, skin color, skin colour; nonsolid color, nonsolid colour, dithered color, dithered colour
Attributes	colored, coloured, colorful; uncolored, uncoloured

colour > noun 7, attribute
Meaning	An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.
Synonyms	semblance, gloss, color
Broader	appearance, visual aspect
Narrower	color of law, colour of law; simulacrum; face value; guise, pretense, pretence, pretext; disguise, camouflage; verisimilitude

colour > noun 8, attribute
Meaning	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
Broader	appearance, visual aspect

colour > verb 1, social
Meaning	Modify or bias.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	color
Broader	influence, act upon, work
Nouns	colour

colour > verb 2, creation
Meaning	Decorate with colors.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	color, emblazon
Broader	decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Narrower	miniate
Nouns	colour

colour > verb 3, communication
Meaning	Gloss or excuse.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	color, gloss
Broader	apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise

colour > verb 4, communication
Meaning	Affect as in thought or feeling.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	tinge, color, distort
Broader	affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch

colour > verb 5, change
Meaning	Add color to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, color in, colour in
Contrary	discolor
Broader	change, alter, modify
Narrower	blackwash; motley, parti-color; polychrome, polychromize, polychromise; azure; purple, empurple, purpurate; aurify; verdigris; pinkify; incarnadine; embrown; handcolor, handcolour; tint, tinct, tinge, touch; pigment; imbue, hue; retouch; silver; grey, gray; tone; redden; mottle, streak, blotch
Nouns	colouring; colouring

colour > verb 6, change
Meaning	Change color, often in an undesired manner.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	discolor, discolour, color
Caused by	discolor
Broader	change
Narrower	blush, crimson, flush, redden; pale, blanch, blench; tan, bronze; sunburn, burn; whiten, white; blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black; turn; silver; dye; redden; purple; grey, gray; yellow; tone; green; blue
Nouns	colouring; colour

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