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    [Noun]  | "col*or" | \ ˈkə-lər \


    1: a phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects

    2: the aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources; also : a specific combination of hue, saturation, and lightness or brightness

    3: a color other than and as contrasted with black, white, or gray

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English colour, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin color, earlier colōs "color as a physical phenomenon, pigment, complexion, appearance," probably, assuming an original meaning "covering, outermost layer, appearance," going back to *ḱel-ōs, collective derivative from an Indo-European s-stem *ḱel-os "covering" (whence perhaps Sanskrit śaras- "skin on boiled milk, cream" and, from a thematic derivative, Old High German hulisa "hull of a legume"), derivative of a verbal base *ḱel- "cover, conceal" {mat|conceal|conceal};

    [Noun]  | "color bar" 


    1: a set of societal or legal barriers that segregates people of color from white people (as by restricting social interaction or requiring separate facilities) and prevents people of color from exercising the same rights and accessing the same opportunities as white people : color line —usually used with the

    Origin: 1869 ;

    [Noun]  | "col*or-bear*er" | \ ˈkə-lər-ˌber-ər \


    1: one who carries a color or standard especially in a military parade or drill

    Origin: 1677 ;

    [Noun]  | "color blindness" 


    1: the quality or state of being color-blind: such as

    2: partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors

    3: the act or practice of treating all people the same regardless of race

    Origin: 1844 ;

     {see: |color-blind|color-blind} + {see: |-ness|-ness}, after blindness;

    [Noun]  | "col*or-field" | \ ˈkə-lər-ˌfēld \


    1: abstract painting in which color is emphasized and form and surface are correspondingly de-emphasized

    Origin: 1964 ;

    [Noun]  | "color filter" 


    1: filter

    Origin: 1891 ;

    [Noun]  | "color guard" 


    1: an honor guard for the colors of an organization

    Origin: 1705 ;

    [Verb]  | "color" 


    1: to give color to

    2: to change the color of (as by dyeing, staining, or painting)

    3: to change as if by dyeing or painting: such as

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English colouren, borrowed from Anglo-French colurer, going back to Latin colōrāre, derivative of color {see: |color:1|color:1};

    [Adjective]  | "col*or-blind" | \ ˈkə-lər-ˌblīnd \


    1: affected with partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors

    2: not influenced by differences of race; especially : treating all people the same regardless of race

    3: insensitive, oblivious

    Origin: 1847 ;

    [Noun]  | "color" 


    1: a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished;


      * e.g., " ... a shirt that is available in every color of the rainbow "



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    2: a substance used to color other materials;


      * e.g., " ... added some red color to the base paint "



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    3: the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face;


      * e.g., " ... her color hasn't been good since she got sick "



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    [Noun]  | "primary color" 


    1: as in secondary color, tertiary color;



    [Noun]  | "secondary color" 


    1: as in primary color, tertiary color;



    [Noun]  | "tertiary color" 


    1: as in primary color, secondary color;



    [Verb]  | "color" 


    1: to give color or a different color to;


      * e.g., " ... per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and turmeric to color the icing for the wedding cake "




    2: to add to the interest of by including made-up details;


      * e.g., " ... he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience "



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    3: to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of;


      * e.g., " ... his news reporting is colored by his prejudices "



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    [Adjective]  | "parti-color" 


    1: as in mottled, marbled;



    [Adjective]  | "off-color" 


    1: hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent;


      * e.g., " ... the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes "



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    [Phrase]  | "turn color" 


    1: to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment);


      * e.g., " ... He turned color when his crush walked in the room. "



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    [Phrase]  | "turned color" 


    1: to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment);


      * e.g., " ... He turned color when his crush walked in the room. "



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    [Phrase]  | "turns color" 


    1: to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment);


      * e.g., " ... He turned color when his crush walked in the room. "



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     [ "color" ]

    1: Listen up, you ignorant assholes...there's no right or wrong way to spell it.

      * e.g.,  ... "Color" or "colour"...it's the same word either way. 

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    2: It was originally "colour", but early Americans decided that the "u" was unnecessary, so they changed it to "color". What's so wrong about that...they thought it made a lot of sense. And what's wrong with the original spelling...obviously that's the way the Brits liked it!

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    3: I can't believe some of the postings on here...with the Brits calling us "lazy" and "stupid" for changing the spelling of a word, and with us calling them ridiculous because their version has an "extra letter"...for Pete's sake, it's a fucking WORD.

     [ "color" ]

    4: Language evolves over time, so deal with it and stop bitching about insignificant things, like everyday language. There's much more important stuff going on out there...

     [ "color" ]

    1: Slang.

      * e.g.,  ... "Behold, for I cannot spell color correctly!" 

     [ "color" ]

    2: Colonial slang of 'colour'.

     [ "color" ]

    1: Miss-spelt version of colour. Originated as the use of the letter 'U' was a tad on the hard side for people to remember.

      * e.g.,  ... This is how not to spell colour. 

     [ "color" ]

    1: color, a figment of our imagination misleading us to what things really look like. color is the amount of light some thing abosorbs to be reflected through the pigments in our eyes causing what we see to be portraid as we see them.

      * e.g.,  ... a book that is red is only red because of the amount of light it can absorb and 

     [ "color" ]

    1: The stupi american way to spell words that were formerly and firstly spelt in the correct way, americans were either to stupid or to lazy or both, to manage to spell this word properly and decided that they were better than the rest of the world.

      * e.g.,  ... Boy: Mum i typed colour into word and it changed to color, what do i do? 

     [ "color" ]

    1: mood as given by the association with a color...for example, yellow = happy, blue = sad or emotional, red = angry or passionate.

      * e.g.,  ... What color are you today? 

     [ "color" ]

    1: Intuitively, the more intelligent way to spell the phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical object.

      * e.g.,  ... "Detour is pronounced dee-toor. Colour would be pronounced kuhl-loor. However, it is pronounced kuhl-er so color is the more appropriate spelling." 

     [ "color" ]

    1: (The MODERN spelling of) one of the shades of a prism, like red, blue, green, yellow, etc. Colors are decided by the amount of light that is absorbed or reflected by the human eye. Don't give me any crap about this "colour" shit and it being "the original spelling". Any educated person living in the 21st century knows that the word isn't pronounced "kul-oo-wer". It's 2 syllables: "kul-er" And stop bitching. After all, this is an American website. If it was European, I wouldn't care.

      * e.g.,  ... Steve: "The book says 'add two teaspoons of red dye for colour, and--'" 

     [ "color" ]

    1: Used to describe "sex" from the movie Sex and the City.

      * e.g.,  ... "I love to color, I just can't color enough." 

     [ "color" ]

    1: More detail, elaboration

      * e.g.,  ... Conference call, earnings report. "You said the company lost $20 Billion in the last quarter, 

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